Norm Rice speaking at Rainier Beach High School, Seattle, January 15, 1992

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Image of Norm Rice speaking at Rainier Beach High School, Seattle, January 15, 1992 — 2000.107.152.12.03

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Norm Rice speaking at Rainier Beach High School, Seattle, January 15, 1992

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Seattle politician Norman Blann Rice (1943-) was first elected to the Seattle City Council in 1978. Rice served eleven years, participating as chairs of the Energy, Finance, and Budget committees, and was Council President for one term. From 1989 to 1997 Rice served two terms as the 49th mayor, becoming Seattle's first African-American mayor. Rice has remained a civic leader as CEO and then president of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle from 1998 to 2004, and then CEO of the non-profit Seattle Foundation from 2009-2013.

In this image Mayor Norm Rice speaks during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day assembly at Rainier Beach High School in Seattle.

Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.

ID Number: 2000.107.152.12.03

Date: 1992

Creator(s): Arias, Gilbert W., Photographer

Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 7.5 x 11 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, 2000.107.152.12.03, photo by Gilbert W. Arias

Subjects: Politics and Politicians, Black/African American