133 results for: Tolman Cary W.
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Alfonso Simiano in classroom during occupation of Beacon Hill School, October 18, 1972
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:2000.107.124.39.03
Date:1972
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Councilman John Miller speaking to group occupying Beacon Hill School, October 12, 1972
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:2000.107.124.39.04
Date:1972
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Lynnwood Elks' Cossacks motorcycle stunt team nearing the Garfield Street Bridge, Seattle, February 13, 1972
Some 200 motorcycle riders participated in the 11th Annual Heart Fund Benefit Motorcycle Ride in February 1972. Each paid two dollars to ride from the Garfield Street Bridge in Seattle through Woodinville and Bothell to Lynnwood, and back. Riders picked up playing cards at certain stops, and three then won trophies for the best poker hand. With additional fundraising that…
ID Number:2000.107.128.35.01
Date:1972
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NAACP leaders Hascal Humes and Charles Johnson, January 13, 1962
This photograph depicts, at left, Hascal Humes, a member of the NAACP board and chairman of the housing committee, and Charles Johnson, NAACP Seattle Chapter president, at the NAACP Northwest Area Conference in 1962.
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.07
Date:1962
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Central Area Cooperative supermarket at 23rd and Madison, Seattle, March 29, 1969
The first Central Area Cooperative supermarket opened in Seattle on Empire Way South (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) near South Dearborn Street. Formerly a chain store, the market opened on September 7, 1968 as a cooperative. The private corporation sold stock to the public for $5 a share, with each member having one vote. A large percentage of the…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.25
Date:1969
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Infanta Spence and other Central Area activists at press conference, August 11, 1967
On August 2, 1967, Governor Dan Evans visited the Central Area of Seattle and listened to members of the Black community, meeting first with community leaders at the Sorrento Hotel, and later with the youth community at the Y.M.C.A. Some of the young people present agreed to develop proposals for action, and in the following days formed a group called…
ID Number:2000.107.131.22.07
Date:1967
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Keve Bray at panel discussion at Seattle University, December 3, 1967
Seattle actor, businessman, and political activist Keve Bray (1925-1972) played an essential role in the local civil rights movement and is especially notable for his role in the Black power movement in the Central District. As early as 1964, he spoke out against the integrationist stance of many civil rights leaders, and by 1968, Bray had become a leader of…
ID Number:2000.107.131.24.01
Date:1967
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Union supporters picketing at Marie's Cafe in Greenwood, Seattle, August 26, 1974
Marie's Cafe was founded in the early 1940s in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood. A successful restaurant for several decades, retail sale of salad dressings developed in the cafe eventually took over the business. Today, Marie's Salad Dressing is a nationally-distributed brand owned by Dean Foods Co.In this image picketers outside Marie's Cafe at Northwest 85th and Greenwood demonstrate support of cafe…
ID Number:2000.107.141.14.02
Date:1974
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ILWU members holding strike signs at Pier 20, Seattle, January 17, 1972
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s (ILWU) 1971 strike began on July 1, when ILWU members walked out against their employers, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA). The union's goal was to secure employment, wages, and benefits in the face of increased mechanization, shrinking workforce, and the slowing economic climate of the early 1970s. The strike shut down all 56 West…
ID Number:2000.107.141.14.03
Date:1972
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Black Arts/West actors rehearsing "The River Niger," Seattle, June 4, 1974
Black Arts/West was Seattle’s first black theatre and functioned as a three component program: theatre, dance, and an art gallery displaying the work of local and national artists. Founded by Douglas Q. Barnett (1931-) in 1969, Black Arts/West evolved out of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and was charged with getting young people involved and learning the necessary…
ID Number:2000.107.142.33.01
Date:1974