3221 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The
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Thelma Dewitty, March 22, 1972
Thelma Dewitty (1912-1977) joined the faculty of Seattle Public Schools in September 1947, one of the first two Black teachers hired by the district. Dewitty previously taught in Texas for 14 years, but segregationist policies there prevented her from attending graduate school, and she moved to Seattle to study at the University of Washington. Dewitty was hired in 1947 to…
ID Number:2000.107.049.03.02
Date:1972
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Franklin High School sit-in defendants arriving at court, April 5, 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, where suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon, and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:2000.107.049.31.01
Date:1968
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Portrait of Aaron Dixon, Seattle, September 1, 1988
Aaron Dixon was born in Chicago, and grew up in Seattle's Central District. His father worked at Boeing, and both parents taught Aaron and his brothers the importance of fighting for social justice. As a college student at the University of Washington, Dixon played a key role in the formation of the Black Student Union (BSU) and the Seattle Chapter…
ID Number:2000.107.049.31.02
Date:1988
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Elmer Dixon, Seattle, 1979
Elmer Dixon (b. 1950) is a longtime Seattle activist for racial justice and was one of the founders of Seattle’s chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP). The Seattle chapter was founded in the spring of 1968, after Elmer and his brother Aaron Dixon, Anthony Ware, Garry Owens, and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco…
ID Number:2000.107.049.32.02
Date:1979
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Elmer Dixon, Seattle, 1979
Elmer Dixon (b. 1950) is a longtime Seattle activist for racial justice and was one of the founders of Seattle’s chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP). The Seattle chapter was founded in the spring of 1968, after Elmer and his brother Aaron Dixon, Anthony Ware, Garry Owens and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco…
ID Number:2000.107.049.32.03
Date:1979
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Elmer Dixon, Seattle, 1968
Elmer Dixon (b. 1950) is a longtime Seattle activist for racial justice and was one of the founders of Seattle’s chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP). The Seattle chapter was founded in the spring of 1968, after Elmer and his brother Aaron Dixon, Anthony Ware, Garry Owens, and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco…
ID Number:2000.107.049.32.09
Date:1968
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Elmer Dixon speaking against Youth Patrol proposal, Seattle, March 1, 1968
Elmer Dixon (b. 1950) is a longtime Seattle activist for racial justice and was one of the founders of Seattle’s chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP). The Seattle chapter was founded in the spring of 1968, after Elmer and his brother Aaron Dixon, Anthony Ware, Garry Owens, and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco…
ID Number:2000.107.049.32.10
Date:1968
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Peggy Mainprice and Tuffy at Volunteer Park, Seattle, August 14, 1979
Influenced by the new city "scoop laws" of the late 1970s, Seattle accountant Peggy Mainprice (1918-19930 invented the Scoop-a-Poo, a collapsible metal rod with a stainless steel hoop at one end and a handle at the other. The device came equipped with a self-sealing biodegradable baggie for easy disposal.In this image Peggy and her dog, Tuffy, stroll through Volunteer Park…
ID Number:2000.107.050.17.01
Date:1979
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Elaine Ko and Cindy Domingo speaking at press conference, Seattle, January 25, 1983
Cindy Domingo (b. 1953) is a longtime community activist in Seattle. She was active in the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), the Washington State Rainbow Coalition, the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes, the Center for Social Justice, and organized Seattle International Women’s Day events. Domingo also created the U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration after attending the 1995 World…
ID Number:2000.107.050.32.01
Date:1983
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Cindy Domingo and Terri Mast at press conference, September 6, 1990
Cindy Domingo (b. 1953) is a longtime community activist in Seattle. She was active in the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), the Washington State Rainbow Coalition, the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes (CJDV), the Center for Social Justice, and organized Seattle International Women’s Day events. Domingo also created the U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration after attending the 1995…
ID Number:2000.107.050.32.02
Date:1990