In this image Reginald Alleyne, president of the Seattle unit of CORE, speaks to the crowd at Westlake Mall during a demonstration. Reginald H. Alleyne (1932–2004) played a role in the founding of Seattle's chapter of CORE. At the time, he was working in the office of the State of Washington's attorney general, he later was a Professor of Law, Emeritus at UCLA from 1969-2004.
The Seattle chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) emerged as one of the most significant grass roots organizations in the fight for civil rights in the Pacific Northwest. Active from 1961-1970, the Seattle chapter embodied the non-violent principles of the national organization which had been founded in Chicago in 1942. Multi-racial in composition, the Seattle chapter established a reputation for being one of CORE’s most active by the early 1960s. Best known for its organized protests against Seattle employers who engaged in racial discrimination, the Seattle chapter also worked to end discrimination towards African Americans in housing and education in the Greater Seattle area.
Caption information source: http://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/inmemoriam/html/reginaldhalleyne.htm Caption information source: http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/seattle-chapter-core-congress-racial-equality-1961-1970
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.006.25.02, photo by John Vallentyne
