Seattle's African-American population increased dramatically between 1940 and 1960, making the community the city's largest minority group, overtaking the Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino residents, which together had historically formed Seattle's largest minority population. All of the city's minority groups experienced some form of discrimination, including geographic segregation, employment inequity, and housing discrimination.

This image shows three leaders of the Negro Voters League, a political organization focused on mobilizing the strength of Black voters. The group met with Mayor Dorm Braman to discuss police brutality and misuse of force against Black people in the Central District, presenting the Mayor with signed first-hand accounts. The individuals are identified from left as: Lloyd P. Jackson, chairman, Mrs. Matthew Hudson, treasurer, and Harold Norris, co-chairman.

Caption information source: Seattle Times, August 7, 1968, p. 11.
Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff.