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Student protest at IRS headquarters, 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, demonstrators carry signs outside the IRS offices at Sixth Avenue and Lenora Street in downtown Seattle. The protesters…
ID Number:2000.107.153.10.03
Date:1970
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Charles Carroll addressing protesters outside City Hall, Seattle, May 6, 1970
On May 1, 1970, protests erupted in Seattle following the announcement by President Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994) that U.S. Forces in Vietnam would pursue enemy troops into Cambodia, a neutral country. The focus of protest activity was the University of Washington, but anti-war protests and disruptions also swept downtown. The 1970 UW student strike would continue throughout the month of…
ID Number:2000.107.153.12.01
Date:1970
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Picketers outside the Washington Public Assistance office, Seattle, April 2, 1971
Seattle did not escape the high inflation and high unemployment rates of the worldwide recession of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some 66,000 Boeing workers were laid off in 1969 and 1970, and the state’s unemployment rate was the highest in the nation. The state legislature sharply reduced welfare grants effective April 1, 1971. At that time, some 70,000…
ID Number:2000.107.153.15.02
Date:1971
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Protesters outside Elks Seattle Lodge, May 1, 1971
This photo shows members of the State Young Democrats Club picketing outside of the Seattle Elks Lodge No. 92 at 2040 Westlake Avenue, protesting the club's discriminatory membership policies. Caption information source: Seattle Times, May 2, 1971, p. 115
ID Number:2000.107.153.15.03
Date:1971
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Anti-war protest in front of Seattle-First National Bank, April 17, 1972
On April 17, 1972, about 500 people gathered in front of the Seattle-First (SeaFirst) National Bank Building at 1001 4th Avenue to protest the U.S. bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong the previous day. The protest, organized by several women's groups, demanded that the bombing stop and the U.S. support North Vietnam's Seven Point Peace Plan, presented at the Paris peace…
ID Number:2000.107.153.16.01
Date:1972
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Anti-war protesters outside Boeing headquarters, Seattle, May 1, 1970
On the evening of April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon informed the nation that U.S. forces were expanding the Vietnam War into Cambodia. Over the following days, protests and strikes against this move erupted at colleges and in cities throughout the country. In Seattle, the University of Washington Student Mobilization Committee got a permit for a march from the U.S.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.20.01
Date:1970
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Anti-war demonstrator detained, Seattle, May 1, 1970
On the evening of April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon informed the nation that U.S. forces were expanding the Vietnam War into Cambodia. Over the following days, protests and strikes against this move erupted at colleges and in cities throughout the country. In Seattle, the University of Washington Student Mobilization Committee got a permit for a march from the U.S.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.20.02
Date:1970
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Anti-war protesters outside Boeing headquarters, Seattle, May 1, 1970
On the evening of April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon informed the nation that U.S. forces were expanding the Vietnam War into Cambodia. Over the following days, protests and strikes against this move erupted at colleges and in cities throughout the country. In Seattle, the University of Washington Student Mobilization Committee got a permit for a march from the U.S.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.20.03
Date:1970
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Anti-war protesters leaving Boeing headquarters, May 1, 1970
On the evening of April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon informed the nation that U.S. forces were expanding the Vietnam War into Cambodia. Over the following days, protests and strikes against this move erupted at colleges and in cities throughout the country. In Seattle, the University of Washington Student Mobilization Committee got a permit for a march from the U.S.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.20.04
Date:1970
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Anti-war protest in downtown Seattle, May 1, 1970
On the evening of April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon informed the nation that U.S. forces were expanding the Vietnam War into Cambodia. Over the following days, protests and strikes against this move erupted at colleges and in cities throughout the country. In Seattle, the University of Washington Student Mobilization Committee got a permit for a march from the U.S.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.21.01
Date:1970