1344 results for: Seattle Center
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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
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Rider Alert, plan for nuclear war threat leaflet, April 1982
This leaflet, made to resemble a bus rider alert pamphlet, uses satire to protest against US nuclear weapon policy. The front reproduces an article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer from February 27, 1982 about plans to use Metro buses to evacuate residents from Seattle in the event of nuclear attack, while the inside text describes the absurdity and futility of such…
ID Number:2002.23.1.73.1
Date:1982
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"Labor in the Philippines" poster, September 1985
This poster promotes a presentation about the Philippine labor movement and the Kilusang Mayo Uno (May 1st Movement) or KMU, held on September 24, 1985 at the Labor Temple in Seattle. Maynardo Palarca, leader of the Center of Nationalist Trade Unions In Mindanao (CENTRUM), spoke about the organization's role in a one-day general strike on the island of Mindanao to…
ID Number:2002.23.2.15.1.1
Date:1985
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ACT UP/Seattle flier for World AIDS Day rally at Seattle Center, 1991
ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) is a grassroots political activist group founded in New York in 1987 to advocate for immediate and meaningful action to fight the AIDS crisis and end homophobia. The organization's tactics include the use of direct action, such as protest and civil disobedience, advocacy, and work to change legislation and public policy. The Seattle…
ID Number:2002.23.2.64.3
Date:1991
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Out in the Streets march poster, October 11, 1991
The flier seen here advertises a march to Westlake Center in Seattle on National Coming Out Day, planned by Queer Nation, a group committed to activism on issues of queer visibility, homophobia, and anti-queer violence.This item is one of many gathered by the Seattle-born author, artist, and chronicler of local drag culture, Donald Charles "Don" Paulson (1933-2012), in a collection…
ID Number:2002.23.2.73.1
Date:1991
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Gay Community Center News, Vol. I, No. 1, June 1974
The newsletter shown here is the inaugural issue of the Gay Community Center News (later the Seattle Gay News), a publication of the Gay Community Center in Seattle, a social-service agency for sexual minorities. This issue discusses the recent opening of the Gay Community Center in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, as well as preparations for Gay Pride Week, with events…
ID Number:2002.23.3.34.1
Date:1974
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Poster on proposed site for African-American heritage museum, Seattle, 1985
In 1985, several activists occupied the abandoned Colman School in the Central Area, the proposed site for an African American museum, to claim the site and prevent its demolition. They occupied the building for 8 years, until 1993, when the non-profit African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center was formed to oversee the museum project. The Northwest African American Museum…
ID Number:2002.23.4.69.1
Date:1985