1950 results for: ACT-UP/Seattle
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People working in P-Patch garden, Seattle, August 1974
"P-Patch," a term specific to Seattle, refers to a parcel of property used for gardening allotments. The "P" originally stood for "Picardo," after the family that loaned its northeast Seattle farm for a community garden on property first leased and later bought by the city. In 1973 the City of Seattle bought the Picardo Farm property and created a community…
ID Number:2000.107.072.25.04
Date:1974
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Councilman John Miller planting squash at P-Patch garden, Seattle, May 1974
"P-Patch," a term specific to Seattle, refers to a parcel of property used for gardening allotments. The "P" originally stood for "Picardo," after the family that loaned its northeast Seattle farm for a community garden on property first leased and later bought by the city. In 1973 the City of Seattle bought the Picardo Farm property and created a community…
ID Number:2000.107.072.25.06
Date:1974
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Sylvia Jones and Harold McElhoe working at Pinehurst P-Patch garden, Seattle, September 7, 1986
"P-Patch," a term specific to Seattle, refers to a parcel of property used for gardening allotments. The "P" originally stood for "Picardo," after the family that loaned its northeast Seattle farm for a community garden on property first leased and later bought by the city. In 1973 the City of Seattle bought the Picardo Farm property and created a community…
ID Number:2000.107.072.25.07
Date:1986
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ACT UP activists blocking the door to Mayor Norm Rice's office, Seattle, September 14, 1990
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:2000.107.073.36.10
Date:1990
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Tom Gibbs and Molly Boone checking water monitoring system, Seattle, August 31, 1963
Charles V. "Tom" Gibbs (1932-2019) was an engineer whose historic projects in the 1960s ended the constant flow of raw sewage into Lake Washington and Puget Sound. Born in Oregon and raised in Winlock, Washington, Mr. Gibbs received civil engineering degrees in 1954 and 1966 from the University of Washington (UW). He and his wife, Jean C. Gibbs, later endowed…
ID Number:2000.107.074.15.01
Date:1963
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Larry Gossett and Roberto Maestas at City Council meeting, Seattle, November 10, 1972
Larry Gossett (1945-) was born and raised in Seattle, and by the late 1960s was one of Seattle’s best known young black radicals. In 1967 he was active in the Seattle chapter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and in 1968 he co-founded the University of Washington Black Student Union (UW BSU). Gossett served as executive director of CAMP,…
ID Number:2000.107.077.01.01
Date:1972
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Larry Gossett holding the Odegaard Award, Seattle, April 9, 1975
In April 1975, the Friends of the Equal Opportunity Program of the University of Washington presented its second annual Charles E. Odegaard Award to Larry Gossett. In 1968, Gossett and other members of the Black Student Union had staged demonstrations on the UW campus in support of increased minority support. During one of these, BSU members occupied President Odegaard’s office.…
ID Number:2000.107.077.01.02
Date:1975
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Larry Gossett commemorating Attica prison riot, Seattle, September 9, 1974
Larry Gossett (1945-) was born and raised in Seattle, and by the late 1960s was one of Seattle’s best known young Black radicals. In 1967 he was active in Seattle’s Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and in 1968 he co-founded the University of Washington Black Student Union (UW BSU). Gossett developed a close relationship with other activists for racial justice,…
ID Number:2000.107.077.01.03
Date:1974
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Larry Gossett talking with protesters, Seattle, August 8, 1968
In August 1968, some 100 demonstrators rallied outside Seattle’s Public Safety Building to protest the recent arrest and larceny charge of Black Panther Party captain Aaron Dixon. The protesters were mostly white and represented a variety of activist groups. They wanted to storm the office of Prosecutor Charles O. Carroll but were convinced to send in six representatives instead. While…
ID Number:2000.107.077.01.04
Date:1968
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Larry Gossett advocating the recall of Ellen Roe, Seattle, August 9, 1985
After Seattle School Board member Ellen Roe generated controversy with public comments on women, race, and poverty, a movement developed in protest. Some 300 people met at the Mount Zion Baptist Church on August 9, 1985 to begin a petition drive calling for her resignation and for a possible recall election. Representatives from more than 30 minority, feminist, church, and…
ID Number:2000.107.077.01.06
Date:1985