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May 29, 1940: Tyree Scott

Posted on May 29, 2013 by radsearem

Jeff Stevens remembers Tyree Scott, Seattle’s late, great labor and civil rights leader.
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July 1, 1963: Seattle’s First Civil Rights Sit-In

Posted on July 1, 2010 by radsearem

In the summer of 1963, Seattle was blazing with the fire of civil rights protest. Jeff Stevens schools you on that history.
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June 15, 1963: Seattle’s First Civil Rights March

Posted on June 15, 2010 by radsearem

Jeff Stevens observes the anniversary of Seattle’s first major civil rights protest.
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January 26, 1969: The Assassination of Edwin T. Pratt

Posted on January 26, 2010 by radsearem

The surge of assassinations of leaders of the civil rights and black liberation movements in the late 1960s cast a wide enough net across the United States that it was bound to reach Seattle eventually. It did so on the … Continue reading →

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