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2000.107.131.21.15
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Sit-in at Mayor Gordon Clinton's office, Seattle, July 1963
Order an ImageOn July 1, 1963, after a demonstration of about 400 people on the City Hall plaza, 35 individuals from the Central District Youth Club began a sit-in at Mayor Gordon Clinton's office to protest Clinton's lack of action on an open housing ordinance. This photo shows some of the group of young women and men in the reception area of the Mayor's office. The sit-in ended the following day.
Caption information source: "Sit-in Begins in Mayor's Office Here," Seattle Times, July 1, 1963, p. 1.
Caption information source: "Sit-in Begins in Mayor's Office Here," Seattle Times, July 1, 1963, p. 1.
ID Number: 2000.107.131.21.15
Date: 1963
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.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.131.21.15
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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