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 the delegation talked with Carroll, a group of Black youth entered the building, also wanting to invade Carroll’s office. Larry Gossett, the Washington-Oregon coordinator of the Black Student Union cooled the situation down, convincing both groups to act later after better strategies could be developed.
Here, Larry Gossett (in glasses) speaks with a group of Black youth protestors during the threatened storming of Prosecutor Carroll’s office.
Caption information source: The Seattle Times, August 8, 1968. Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 9 x 7 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, 2000.107.077.01.04, photo by Cary W. Tolman
