1314 results for: Seattle Center
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De'Andra Charleston at the Magic Dragon fast-food restaurant, Seattle, January 16, 2003
The Urban Enterprise Center, a non-profit program of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce founded in 1933, worked with various organizations to create jobs, develop businesses, and improve racial understanding in south Seattle neighborhoods. By its 10-year anniversary in 2003, its successes included the placement of 7200 people in living wage jobs, $8 million in loans to small businesses, and…
ID Number:2000.107.20030116.CD02.01.001
Date:2003
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Owner Jae Oh waiting on customers at Magic Garden Chinese Eatery, Seattle, January 16, 2003
The Urban Enterprise Center, a non-profit program of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce founded in 1933, worked with various organizations to create jobs, develop businesses, and improve racial understanding in south Seattle neighborhoods. By its 10-year anniversary in 2003, its successes included the placement of 7200 people in living wage jobs, $8 million in loans to small businesses, and…
ID Number:2000.107.20030116.CD02.01.002
Date:2003
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People participating in a citizenship class at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, January 21, 2003
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 3-month…
ID Number:2000.107.20030123.CD06.001
Date:2003
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People participating in a citizenship class at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, January 21, 2003
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 3-month…
ID Number:2000.107.20030123.CD06.002
Date:2003
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Spectators watch Lion Dance performers at Tet festival at Seattle Center, January 25, 2003
Tet, or Vietnamese Lunar New Year, is celebrated annually at the Seattle Center where festivities begin with a lion dance and continue with cooking demonstrations, music workshops, photo exhibits, martial arts, arts and crafts for kids, and Vietnamese Opera performances. In traditional Vietnamese culture, the first three days of the new year represent what will happen the rest of the…
ID Number:2000.107.20030126.CD02.01.001
Date:2003
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Spectators watch Lion Dance performers during Tet festival at Seattle Center, January 25, 2003
Tet, or Vietnamese Lunar New Year, is celebrated annually at the Seattle Center where festivities begin with a lion dance and continue with cooking demonstrations, music workshops, photo exhibits, martial arts, arts and crafts for kids, and Vietnamese Opera performances. In traditional Vietnamese culture, the first three days of the new year represent what will happen the rest of the…
ID Number:2000.107.20030126.CD02.01.002
Date:2003
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Kung-Fu Exhibition program, May 5, 1984
Established in 1963, the Seattle Kung Fu Club offers traditional martial arts classes for adults and children in Seattle's Chinatown - International District neighborhood. The program pictured here is from a Kung-Fu exhibition presented by the club on May 5, 1984, at the Seattle Center Arena (now Climate Pledge Arena). Caption information source: https://www.seattlekungfuclub.com.
ID Number:2001.72.6
Date:1984
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Anti-Chinese riots, Seattle, 1886
During the mid-1880s, a nationwide economic depression led to widespread unemployment. Many white workers accused immigrants of taking their jobs. On the west coast, Chinese laborers were the targets of anger and mob violence.In the fall of 1885, anti-Chinese feelings in Seattle led to four months of riots aimed at driving the Chinese out of the city. Some Seattle citizens…
ID Number:2002.3.410
Date:1886
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Gray Panthers of Seattle pamphlet, 1977
The Gray Panthers, founded in 1972, are a series of multi-generational local advocacy networks in the United States which confront ageism and many other social justice issues. During the early years of the 1970s and 1980s, the main issues of the Gray Panthers included forced retirement, ageist stereotypes, cuts to Medicare and Social Security, and world peace. Over the years,…
ID Number:2002.23.1.44.1
Date:1977
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Zimbabwe Medical Drive dinner and speaker flier, Seattle, November 30, 1979
In November 1979, Seattle’s Rainier Community Center hosted Kumbarai Kangai, from the newly independent country of Zimbabwe. Kangai was a member of the Zimbabwe African National Union, had been active in the independence movement against white minority rule and served as a representative to the United Nations. The event, complete with an African dinner and Zimbabwean mbira music, raised money…
ID Number:2002.23.1.54.2
Date:1979