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Freedom Patrol members leaving CORE headquarters, Seattle, July 24, 1965
Order an ImageOn July 24, 1965, police on the night beat in five Seattle areas began to be trailed by shadows--civilian teams of two wearing large cardboard badges labeled "Freedom Patrol." The immediate provocation that led to the formation of the Freedom Patrol was the fatal shooting of a Black man, Robert L. Reese, by off-duty Seattle policeman Harold J. Larsen in a tavern brawl on June 20. After the night's "tour of duty," Freedom Patrol members returned to the office of Seattle's Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), host and service arm to the project but not its sponsor, to make written reports on police conduct.
This photo shows Freedom patrol members (left to right) Ann Holiday, Edwin Pratt, and Randolph Carter setting out from CORE headquarters at 2202 1/2 E. Union Street in Seattle on one of the first Freedom Patrols.
Caption information source: "Freedom Patrols" by Sue D. Gottfried on Seattle in Black and White website, http://seattleinblackandwhite.org/freedompatrols.html
This photo shows Freedom patrol members (left to right) Ann Holiday, Edwin Pratt, and Randolph Carter setting out from CORE headquarters at 2202 1/2 E. Union Street in Seattle on one of the first Freedom Patrols.
Caption information source: "Freedom Patrols" by Sue D. Gottfried on Seattle in Black and White website, http://seattleinblackandwhite.org/freedompatrols.html
ID Number: 2000.107.131.21.21
Date: 1965
Creator(s):
Miller, Robert H., Photographer
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, 2000.107.131.21.21, photo by Robert H. Miller
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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