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Mount Zion Baptist Church, 19th Avenue, Seattle, WA, USA

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Mount Zion Baptist Church, 19th Avenue, Seattle, WA, USA

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Mount Zion Baptist Church, 19th Avenue, Seattle, WA, USA

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In 1966, thousands of people in Seattle boycotted the schools because of the segregation. Instead, they went to the "freedom schools." It lasted 2 days, and they had really high absence rates in schools, as much as 50% in some predominately black schools. There were so many kids participating that they needed extra space, and so used the Mount Zion Baptist Church. It was considered a success by some, and a fail by others.
https://depts.washington.edu/civilr/school_boycott.htm

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Stokely Carmichael's Speech at Garfield High School, April 19, 1967

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Stokely Carmichael's Speech at Garfield High School, April 19, 1967

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Stokely Carmichael spoke to 6500 people at Garfield. He reiterated ideas from his book about black power and reclaiming black communities.
full speech: https://www.aavw.org/special_features/speeches_speech_carmichael01.html

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Carolyn Downs Family Medical, East Yesler Way, Seattle, WA, USA

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It was founded in 1968 by Elmer and Aaron Dixon. The Sidney Miller clinic center was moved into this building and renamed the Carolyn Downs Medical center. It was a Medical center owned by Black Panthers, it main purpose of it was to give free health care to people that needed it. John green was a neurosurgeon that worked at UW, who helped them started the Medical center and donated different medical equipment.  

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It was founded in 1968 by Elmer and Aaron Dixon. The Sidney Miller clinic center was moved into this building and renamed the Carolyn Downs Medical center. It was a Medical center owned by Black Panthers, it main purpose of it was to give free health care to people that needed it. John green was a neurosurgeon that worked at UW, who helped them started the Medical center and donated different medical equipment.  

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- community leaders walked behind and observed Seattle's beat-cops in the Central District— began in July 1965
The purpose of the Freedom Patrol was described as that of documenting police misconduct through observation of police on their beats

https://depts.washington.edu › civilr ›

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Franklin High School, South Mount Baker Boulevard, Seattle, WA, USA

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The sit in at Franklin High School was black students at Franklin and the UW BSU's response to 2 Franklin students being suspended after an altercation with a white student, and the white student wasn't reprimanded at all. The Franklin principle was unreceptive to the BSU's peaceful attempts to discuss the suspensions, so the BSU organized a sit-in with 100 students who stayed marching and demonstrating on school grounds until their demands of reinstatement for the students and an end of racial discrimination in the public schools system were met. The students ended up being reinstated, but three of the UW BSU members who assisted in organizing the sit in were tried and sentenced to 6 months in jail. There was major outrage which contributed to the founding of the black panther party.

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The Black Panthers party first headquarters. 

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The first Black Panthers Headquarters in Seattle, occupied from June 1968 to December 1969

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Madrona Elementary / Peaceable Kingdom Statue: 1121 33rd Ave, Seattle, WA 98122, USA

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Madrona Elementary / Peaceable Kingdom Statue: 1121 33rd Ave, Seattle, WA 98122, USA

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The Peaceable Kingdom is a nickname for Madrona b/c of its diversity and relative peace. Statue of the same name was commissioned by community council in 1984. Shows various animals: pig (police), panther (Black Panthers), wolf (agitator), sheep (follower).

School mascot is a panther to honor Black Panthers. Brothers who started Seattle chapter lived in Madrona and had their first free breakfast program there.

Source: https://www.historylink.org/File/20648

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The Facts was founded September 7, 1961, by Fitzgerald Redd Beaver. It was one of the first black-oriented newspapers in the Pacific Northwest. Though Beaver was not a strong supporter of the Black Power movement, his newspaper still represented the values of the movement as a newspaper written by and for the Black community.

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Seattle Center, Harrison Street, Seattle, WA, USA

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Seattle Center, Harrison Street, Seattle, WA, USA

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Seattle Center, Harrison Street, Seattle, WA, USA

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A six-state, real-estate conference was held at the Seattle Center in September 1963, and a very successful demonstration took place for three and a half days, with overwhelming support from the religious community. The local media, however, largely ignored the wave of indignation at the industry’s discriminatory practices.

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E Spruce St & 20th Avenue, Seattle, WA, USA

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Founded by the Black Panthers the Sidney Miller Free Clinic was in a simple basement around here which offered free health care to the community it occupied. It is the only one still operating out of the 13 health clinics the panthers opened across the states. Dr. John Green helped them fund and create the clinic.

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University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

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Stokely Carmichael giving his speech at UW on April 19, 1967

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University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

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University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

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Stokely Carmichael first brought the Panther party to Seattle on April 19, 1967 when he gave 2 speeches in the area. The first of these speeches was to a grand 4000 people at UW, which gathered a lot of support. He talked about many themes he had written in his book, specifically saying how it was time for Blacks to experience a "new day". After giving this speech, Carmichael went on to give a speech at Garfield High School in the same day.

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The Black Panthers established a free breakfast program coordinated by Elmer Dixon III in 1969. The program expanded to five locations eventually serving an estimated 300,000 meals from 1969 to 1977.

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First Freedom Patrol held in 1965 in Seattle's central district, after the killing of Robert L Reese by police there on June 20th. The Black community called for accountability in the police force, and to that end they started the direct action practice of Freedom Patrols in Seattle.
https://depts.washington.edu/civilr/freedom_patrols.htm

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In 1968, the their previous headquarters was raided by the Seattle Police Department and Captain Aaron Dixon was arrested because of a supposedly stolen typewriter. Later they moved to this location but continued to be raided by the police and FBI. The headquarters started as a storefront office building but evolved into a headquarters serving free breakfasts for children

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Northwest African American Museum, South Massachusetts Street, Seattle, WA, USA

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Northwest African American Museum, South Massachusetts Street, Seattle, WA, USA

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Northwest African American Museum, South Massachusetts Street, Seattle, WA, USA

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On March 24th, 2011, Members of CORE filled the auditorium here to hear readings from Bettylou Valentine, Jean C. Durning, and Joan Singler's Seattle in Black and White: the Congress of Racial Equality and the Fight for Racial Equality.

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The Black Student Union was created in 1968, when there were few black students at the University of Washington. The BSU reshaped the University and helped with education for young people of color in Seattle and throughout Washington state.

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Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 24th Avenue South, Seattle, WA, USA

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Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 24th Avenue South, Seattle, WA, USA

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Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 24th Avenue South, Seattle, WA, USA

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Site of a "freedom school" where kids who boycotted SPS due to its segregation went to learn black history and civil rights. This was a part of a movement to teach kids about racial inequities and was led by CORE.
Link: https://depts.washington.edu/civilr/school_boycott.htm

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2348 East Cherry Street, Seattle, WA, USA

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2348 East Cherry Street, Seattle, WA, USA

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2348 East Cherry Street, Seattle, WA, USA

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Seattle's Afro American Journal