In 1981, Mayor Charles Royer proposed a new police precinct station for Seattle's Central Area, and the recommendation was approved by the City Council. The plan for the site, located at East Yesler Way and 23rd Avenue South, drew controversy and criticism from local residents, who protested the demolition of a city-owned four-plex at the site, and advocated instead for its use as low-income housing. Protestors also believed the location choice was based on an intent to intimidate the area's Black residents. As a result of ongoing protests, plans for the new Central Area precinct fell through the following year.

This poster advertises a candlenight protest march on September 13, 1981, from the Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center at 17th Avenue South to the proposed police precinct center site at 23rd and Yesler. Protesters could attend an Attica Day Film festival at the Center prior to the march. The event was organized by the Washington Coalition Against Prisons.

Text on poster: Washington Coalition Against Prisons Candlelight March - No Police Station- Sunday Night September 13, 1981 Attica Day - 10:00 - 10:30 PM - Jobs Not Jails! Homes Not Cells! - Protest police harassment and legal injustice in the Black community - Protest the demolition of housing to build a police station in the Central Area - Support the people who are reclaiming the site - 7-10 PM Watch the Attica Day film festival at the Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center - 10 - 10:30 - March from Langston Hughes to the proposed site at 23rd and Yesler

Caption information source: The Seattle Times, August 5, 1981, page 33