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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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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
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Yes on Referendum 7 flier, May 1986
This flier advertises a May Day March for Fair Employment and Multi Cultural Festival. The march occurred on May 3, 1986, beginning at Seattle Center and ending at Occidental Square. It was co-sponsored by several community and activist groups representing marginalized people in Seattle. The purpose of the march was to encourage "yes" votes for Referendum 7, which would maintain…
ID Number:2002.23.4.79.1
Date:1986
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Operation Homestead leaflet, 1991
The building of the Seattle Convention Center and other buildings in the 1980s displaced many low-income residents in the downtown area. In 1988, housing activists, displaced and homeless people, and others formed Operation Homestead to take direct action. In 1989 they estimated that the city had 3,000 to 5,000 people experiencing homelessness, and that some 2,000 people had been displaced…
ID Number:2002.23.5.32.1
Date:1991
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CAMP registration card, from Gay City and Boyz in the Woods, 1996
This card advertises a weekend camping trip focused on gay men, organized by Gay City and Boyz in the Woods. It promises "gay exploring and merry-making," arts and play, and homo spirituality. The illustration on the front shows two scantily-clad idealized male figures driving logs down a river. Gay City, now called Seattle's LGBTQ+ Center, was founded in 1995 by…
ID Number:2002.23.6.27.1
Date:1996
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Reparations 2000 march flier, Seattle, November 30, 1999
This flier advertises a march organized by the Reparations 2000 Coalition and the African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center (AAHM&CC), to take place on the first evening of the WTO rallies. The march was set to end at the vacant Colman School, where an encampment for anti-WTO activists would be established. Omari Tahir-Garrett and other activists first occupied this…
ID Number:2002.23.6.42.1
Date:1999
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Committee for Corrective Action march flier, Seattle, February 3, 1975
The Kingdome construction project broke ground on November 2, 1972, in spite of concerns from residents of the nearby Chinatown - International District (CID) regarding the impact on their neighborhood. From the protests and march at the groundbreaking, and on into the 1970s, the Asian American movement advocated for more affordable housing in the district, for services such as a…
ID Number:2002.23.7.83.1
Date:1975