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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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Roberto Maestas being escorted out of mayor's office, Seattle, April 5, 1973
Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 75-day…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.02
Date:1973
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Toni McWashington, October 18, 1991
In 1991, Seattle Police Department (SPD) Lieutenant Toni McWashington, who had developed the department's racial and cultural sensitivity training program, was placed in command of the Internal Investigation Section. The job change came with a promotion in rank, to police captain, making McWashington the highest-ranking minority police officer in Washington state, and the second-highest-ranking woman in the SPD. McWashington, who…
ID Number:2000.107.123.26.01
Date:1991
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Rosa Melendez at SPD East precinct, December 2, 1992
Rosa M. Melendez worked in law-enforcement for 25 years, including 17 years with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) (1976-1994), where she worked in the Patrol Division, Personnel Division, Internal Investigations Unit, Community Service Section and on the U.S. Department of Justice's Weed and Seed grant-funded program. She was the first woman of color on the Seattle Police Department to be…
ID Number:2000.107.124.03.01
Date:1992
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Rosa Melendez at SPD East precinct, December 2, 1992
Rosa M. Melendez worked in law-enforcement for 25 years, including 17 years with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) (1976-1994), where she worked in the Patrol Division, Personnel Division, Internal Investigations Unit, Community Service Section and on the U.S. Department of Justice's Weed and Seed grant-funded program. She was the first woman of color on the Seattle Police Department to be…
ID Number:2000.107.124.03.02
Date:1992
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Rev. Dr. John H. Adams with Freedom Patrol members at CORE headquarters, Seattle, July 24, 1965
On July 24, 1965, police on the night beat in five Seattle areas began to be trailed by shadows--civilian teams of two wearing large cardboard badges labeled "Freedom Patrol." The immediate provocation that led to the formation of the Freedom Patrol was the fatal shooting of a Black man, Robert L. Reese, by off-duty Seattle policeman Harold J. Larsen in…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.01
Date:1965
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Anti-discrimination march, Seattle, June 15, 1963
On Sunday, June 15, 1963, a group of over 1000 Black and white protesters, led by Rev. Mance Jackson and other Black clergymen, marched quietly from Mount Zion Baptist Church in the Central District in an anti-discrimination "freedom march" through downtown Seattle. The event ended at Westlake Mall, with a rally and a program of speakers. Organized by the Congress…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.09
Date:1963
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Freedom Patrol members leaving CORE headquarters, Seattle, July 24, 1965
On July 24, 1965, police on the night beat in five Seattle areas began to be trailed by shadows--civilian teams of two wearing large cardboard badges labeled "Freedom Patrol." The immediate provocation that led to the formation of the Freedom Patrol was the fatal shooting of a Black man, Robert L. Reese, by off-duty Seattle policeman Harold J. Larsen in…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.21
Date:1965
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Western Governors Conference demonstration, July 31, 1969
In July 1969, a group of Seattle Community College students protested outside the Washington Plaza Hotel, where the Western Governors' Conference was in session. The students, most members of the Black Student Union (BLU) or the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), objected to the appointment by Governor Dan Evans of Marvin Glass to the Board of Trustees of the…
ID Number:2000.107.131.22.02
Date:1969