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New Hope Baptist Church pastors at local dry cleaner, October 8, 1992
Rev. Dr. Robert Jeffrey served nine years as Senior Pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church in Roanoke, VA before relocating to Seattle in 1986 to become the Senior Pastor of the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, where he still serves as of 2019. Throughout his career, Jeffrey has advocated for those locked out of economic opportunity. In 1988, Jeffrey founded the…
ID Number:2000.107.098.35.04
Date:1992
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Bryan Johnson posing at Zebra Club, Seattle, May 30, 1988
Zebra Club opened in 1986 as young men's clothing store and hair salon that was also part theater and stage, with loud music, a video production center, and flashing neon fixtures. The unusual business model received national attention; the store doesn't own its inventory, instead manufacturers receive checks when clothes sell and they replace clothes that don't. In the 1980s…
ID Number:2000.107.099.29.01
Date:1988
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Charles V. Johnson speaking about the need for open housing legislation, Seattle, March 3, 1964
Charles Vernon Johnson (b. 1928) was raised in Arkansas and moved to Seattle in 1954 to attend law school at the University of Washington. Upon graduation, Mr. Johnson went into private practice, and shortly thereafter took on leading roles in both the Seattle Branch of the NAACP and in the Central Area Civil Rights Organization. He was heavily involved in…
ID Number:2000.107.099.31.04
Date:1964
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Officers of Citizens Advisory Council for Model Cities posing together, Seattle, January 13, 1969
In response to urban problems of poverty and race in the United States, in November 1966 Congress initiated the Model Cities Program. The program's objectives were to reduce social and economic disadvantages in designated neighborhoods, provide training and employment opportunities, and establish health services for residents. Financial and technical assistance was made available to cities through the Department of Housing…
ID Number:2000.107.099.31.05
Date:1969
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Randy Johnson and Dave Valle talking at pitcher's mound, May 26, 1993
Randy Johnson (b. 1963) is a retired professional baseball player who pitched for the Seattle Mariners from 1989 to 1998. Standing 6’10", he was the tallest player in Major League Baseball and was nicknamed “the Big Unit.” Johnson’s fastball was known to exceed 100 mph. In 22 seasons, Johnson won the Cy Young Award five times, was named to ten…
ID Number:2000.107.100.15.01
Date:1993
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Randy Johnson waving to crowd after 300th strikeout, September 26, 1993
Randy Johnson (b. 1963) is a retired professional baseball player who pitched for the Seattle Mariners from 1989 to 1998. Standing 6’10", he was the tallest player in Major League Baseball and was nicknamed “the Big Unit.” Johnson’s fastball was known to exceed 100 mph. In 22 seasons, Johnson won the Cy Young Award five times, was named to ten…
ID Number:2000.107.100.15.02
Date:1993
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Ron Johnson and John Caughlan at protest rally, Seattle, March 2, 1975
In this image, Seattle Black Panther Party member Ron Johnson and attorney and civil libertarian John Caughlan speak at a rally protesting the shooting death of Joe Hebert, a 22-year old Black man killed by a Seattle police officer on February 15. Caughlan was the attorney for the Hebert family, and Ron Johnson was head of the "Justice for Joe…
ID Number:2000.107.100.18.01
Date:1975
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Ron Johnson speaking at rally on killing of Joseph Hebert, Seattle, March 6, 1975
In this image, Seattle Black Panther Party representative Ron Johnson speaks at a Central Area rally protesting the shooting death of Joe Hebert, a 22-year old Black man killed by a Seattle police officer. Johnson was Minister of Information for the Black Panthers, and the head of the "Justice for Joe Committee" organized by the Party. Caption information source: "Fire…
ID Number:2000.107.100.18.02
Date:1975
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Rex Jones teaching management trainees, Seattle, August 16, 1967
The Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, or SOIC (pronounced "So I see") was established in 1966, largely through a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the federal agency funding "war on poverty" programs. Modeled after the original OIC started by a Philadelphia minister two years earlier, the community-based program recruited, trained and placed unemployed people in the labor market. The…
ID Number:2000.107.101.12.01
Date:1967
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Marjorie Jones posing for portrait, Seattle, May 28, 1969
Marjorie (Macklen) Jones (1892-1987) was a prominent social services activist in Seattle, and was married to Robert M. Jones (1882-1954), a long-time King County Superior Court judge. Ms. Jones was named to the state's first committee on aging in the 1930s, established the statewide Friendly Visiting Service to help the elderly, and organized day care for women who went to…
ID Number:2000.107.101.12.02
Date:1969