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Norm Rice and others touring the proposed Seattle Commons site, August 10, 1993
Seattle politician Norman Blann Rice (1943-) was first elected to the Seattle City Council in 1978. Rice served eleven years, participating as chairs of the Energy, Finance, and Budget committees, and was Council President for one term. From 1989 to 1997 Rice served two terms as the 49th mayor, becoming Seattle's first African-American mayor. Rice has remained a civic leader…
ID Number:2000.107.152.12.04
Date:1993
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Norm Rice, Constance Williams Rice, and Mian Rice, after Mayoral swearing-in, Seattle, January 2, 1990
Seattle politician Norman Blann Rice (1943-) was first elected to the Seattle City Council in 1978. Rice served eleven years, participating as chairs of the Energy, Finance, and Budget committees, and was Council President for one term. From 1989 to 1997 Rice served two terms as the 49th mayor, becoming Seattle's first African-American mayor. Rice has remained a civic leader…
ID Number:2000.107.152.12.06
Date:1990
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Tear gas at demonstration at 23rd & Cherry, Seattle, May 26, 1969
In late May 1969, members of the Black Student Union (BSU) and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) demonstrated for several days in Seattle’s Central District. Their focus was the lack of Black representation on the board of Seattle Community College (now Seattle Central College), and they wanted one member of the five-man board to resign in favor of a…
ID Number:2000.107.153.09.01
Date:1969
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Police running to demonstration at Summit Branch of Seattle Community College, May 23, 1969
In late May 1969, members of the Black Student Union (BSU) and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) demonstrated for several days in Seattle’s Central District. Their focus was the lack of Black representation on the board of Seattle Community College (now Seattle Central College), and they wanted one member of the five-man board to resign in favor of a…
ID Number:2000.107.153.09.02
Date:1969
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Demonstrators at 19th Avenue S. and S. Washington Street, Seattle, May 26, 1969
In late May 1969, members of the Black Student Union (BSU) and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) demonstrated for several days in Seattle’s Central District. Their focus was the lack of Black representation on the board of Seattle Community College (now Seattle Central College), and they wanted one member of the five-man board to resign in favor of a…
ID Number:2000.107.153.09.03
Date:1969
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Protesters running from tear gas at 23rd and Cherry, Seattle, May 26, 1969
In late May 1969, members of the Black Student Union (BSU) and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) demonstrated for several days in Seattle’s Central District. Their focus was the lack of black representation on the board of Seattle Community College (now Seattle Central College), and they wanted one member of the five-man board to resign in favor of a…
ID Number:2000.107.153.09.04
Date:1969
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Marchers on Denny Way protesting lack of jobs for minorities, Seattle, December 14, 1969
On Sunday, December 14, 1969, the Central Area Civil Rights Committee sponsored a March Against Underemployment of Minorities. Nearly 3,000 people walked from five Central Area churches to the Seattle Center Arena for a rally with comedian and activist Dick Gregory. The Seattle Urban League, the Seattle Council of Churches and other church, civic, and social organizations endorsed and participated…
ID Number:2000.107.153.09.05
Date:1969
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Police line and protesters at Edison South, Seattle, Seattle, May 23, 1969
In late May 1969, members of the Black Student Union (BSU) and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) demonstrated for several days in Seattle’s Central District. Their focus was the lack of Black representation on the board of Seattle Community College (now Seattle Central College), and they wanted one member of the five-man board to resign in favor of a…
ID Number:2000.107.153.09.06
Date:1969
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Protesters and police at 23rd Avenue S. and S. Alder Street, Seattle, May 26, 1969
In late May 1969, members of the Black Student Union (BSU) and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) demonstrated for several days in Seattle’s Central District. Their focus was the lack of Black representation on the board of Seattle Community College (now Seattle Central College), and they wanted one member of the five-man board to resign in favor of a…
ID Number:2000.107.153.09.07
Date:1969
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Michael Lerner leading IRS protest, Seattle, April 15, 1970
On April 15, 1970, thirty students from the University of Washington Student Mobilization Committee Against the Vietnam War staged a short demonstration outside of IRS headquarters to protest the use of tax money to support the war in Vietnam. In this image, Seattle Liberation Front leader Michael Lerner, an assistant professor at the University of Washington, talks to government agents…
ID Number:2000.107.153.10.02
Date:1970