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Image of Police removing demonstrator from City Hall, July 25, 1963
1986.5.5925.2
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Police removing demonstrator from City Hall, July 25, 1963

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In July 1963, demonstrators occupied City Council chambers in Seattle for four days in protest over Mayor Gordon S. Clinton’s nominees for the newly created Human Rights Commission. Protesters objected to the fact that the 12-member commission, charged with writing an open housing ordinance, had only two Black members. On the fourth day of the protest, police removed and arrested 22 young people--nine adults and thirteen juveniles--for creating a disturbance, loitering in a public building, and resisting arrest.

This photograph shows one of the demonstrators being removed by uniformed officers, "using care, but acting firmly," after refusing to leave the building.

Caption information sources: "First sit-in arrests of Seattle's civil rights movement occur on July 25, 1963" by David Wilma, HistoryLink.org Essay 3162; "Necessity for Arrests Grieves Mayor" by Douglas Willix, Seattle Times, July 26, 1963, p.2.
ID Number: 1986.5.5925.2
Date: 1963
Creator(s): Vallentyne, John, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 acetate negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.5925.2, photo by John Vallentyne
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Civil Rights, Protests and Demonstrations, Black/African American, Government and Public Services, Police and Law Enforcement

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