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Image of Bob Santos entering police van at protest at the South African consulate, Seattle, December 9, 1984
2014.49.033.057.06
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Bob Santos entering police van at protest at the South African consulate, Seattle, December 9, 1984

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Beginning in October 1984, demonstrations were held outside the home of the honorary South African consul in Seattle’s Madison Park neighborhood to protest the South African government's polices of racial segregation known as apartheid.

In this image, Seattle civil-rights activist and community organizer Robert (Bob) Santos, wrists zip tied, steps into a police van. He and 22 others were arrested for trespassing at the South African consulate.

Bob Santos (1934-2016) was a Filipino American community activist who helped start many organizations and programs for the Chinatown - International District. In 1994, President Bill Clinton appointed Santos as the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary's representative for the Northwest-Alaska area.

Caption information source: “Apartheid protesters march at S. African consulate here”, by Jerry E. Carson, The Seattle Times/Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 9, 1984, page D5.
Caption information source: “23 seized at apartheid protest”, by Don Tewkesbury, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 10, 1984, pages A1 and A11.
Caption information source: “Santos, Robert ‘Bob’ Nicholas (1934-2016)”, by Frank Chesley, HistoryLink.org Essay 8989, retrieved November 7, 2025.
ID Number: 2014.49.033.057.06
Date: 1984
Creator(s): Smith, Albert J., Sr., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : color ; 4 x 6 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Al Smith Collection, 2014.49.033.057.06
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Activism, Asian American, Protests and Demonstrations

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