El Centro de la Raza
News Coverage
Here is a digital archive of articles published in the UW Daily and other local newspapers between 1968 and 1979 on the founding and operation of El Centro de la Raza (click the titles to read the articles).
Francesca Barajas initiated this database with help from Michael Schulze-Oechtering Castañeda. These articles are courtesy of the UW Daily, Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
| Year |
Publication |
Article |
| 12-Oct-72 |
Daily |
Chicano/Latino's seize old city grade school |
| 12-Oct-72 |
Seattle PI |
Chicanos Occupy Beacon School |
| 12-Oct-72 |
Seattle Times |
Chicano School take-over spurs city into action |
| 13-Oct-72 |
Daily |
Beacon Hill School, in need of necessities |
| 13-Oct-72 |
Seattle PI |
Bottomly will Appraise School for Possible use by Chicanos |
| 13-Oct-72 |
Seattle Times |
$18,000 to renovate Chicano school site |
| 14-Oct-72 |
Seattle PI |
Six Councilmen back use of school for Chicanos |
| 15-Oct-72 |
Seattle Times |
Take-over on Beacon Hill: Chicanos achieve sense of community |
| 16-Oct-72 |
Seattle PI |
City's Invisible Minority Surfaces |
| 17-Oct-72 |
Daily |
Life comes to Beacon Hill |
| 17-Oct-72 |
Seattle PI |
Old school Leased for Chicano Center |
| 17-Oct-72 |
Seattle Times |
City to lease school to Chicanos |
| 19-Oct-72 |
Seattle PI |
Chicanos cheer school board |
| 20-Oct-72 |
Seattle PI |
Chilly Chicanos Wait it Out |
| 21-Oct-72 |
Seattle Times |
Human rights group backs Chicanos |
| 22-Oct-72 |
Seattle Times |
Chicanos Were Following Slogan 'power to the people' |
| 24-Oct-72 |
Seattle Times |
Chicanos Discuss Prisoners' Union |
| 26-Oct-72 |
Seattle PI |
City Council committee votes to lease school for Chicano center |
| 26-Oct-72 |
Seattle Times |
Council unit votes no on leasing school |
| 29-Oct-72 |
Seattle Times |
Chicano bid for school hits snag |
| 30-Oct-72 |
Seattle Times |
Rally shows support for Chicano effort |
| 7-Nov-72 |
Seattle Times |
Chicanos: bitterness voiced at council delay on lease |
| 10-Nov-72 |
Daily |
Council on Beacon Hill |
| 11-Nov-72 |
Seattle PI |
Chicanos take over city council's chairs |
| 11-Nov-72 |
Seattle PI |
Chicanos take over city council's chairs (cont'd) |
| 11-Nov |
Seattle PI |
councils knuckles wraped |
| 14-Nov-72 |
Daily |
Chicanos not happy with council |
| 15-Nov-72 |
Seattle Times |
City Council is stalling in dispute with Chicanos, church group agrees |
| 17-Nov-72 |
Seattle PI |
Chicano La Fiesta to boost Beacon Center |
| 29-Nov-72 |
Seattle Times |
Chicanos can legally lease old school building |
| 8-Dec-72 |
Seattle Times |
School occupied by Chicanos is unheated |
| 14-Dec-72 |
Seattle PI |
Chicanos School offered to City |
| 29-Dec-72 |
Seattle PI |
Bilingual Center Dilemma |
| 31-Dec-72 |
Seattle Times |
Seattle Chicano leader is a 'practical idealist' |
| 5-Jan-73 |
Daily |
El Centro Lettuce Boycott Effort Starts |
| 9-Mar-73 |
Seattle PI |
$87,000 grant for Chicano center |
| 19-Mar-73 |
Seattle Times |
Chicano center gets finak OK |
| 6-Apr-73 |
Seattle PI |
18 cited after Uhlman office sit-in |
| 6-Apr-73 |
Seattle PI |
18 cited after Uhlman office sit-in (cont'd) |
| 6-Apr-73 |
Seattle Times |
18 arrests end Chicano sit-in |
| 8-Apr-73 |
Seattle Times |
Planned Chicano center has no lease on life yet |
| 11-Apr-73 |
Seattle Times |
New Chicano protes staged at City Hall |
| 3-May-73 |
Daily |
Social service center to serve "whole" people |
| 11-Oct-73 |
Daily |
Chicano Centro plans "sleep in" |
| 12-Dec-73 |
Daily |
El Centro De La Raza provides for the people |
| 5-Mar-74 |
Daily |
El Centro offers family counseling, employment advice, and other services |
| 4-Apr-74 |
Daily |
City declares El Centro "Unlawful to Occupy" |
| 11-Apr |
Daily |
City takes no action on its eviction notice of El Centro |
| 6-Jun-74 |
Seattle Times |
Chicanos demand funds for center from city |
| 12-Jun-74 |
Seattle PI |
Chicano center priority: 'low' |
| 12-Jun-74 |
Seattle Times |
Chicano-center funding weighed |
| 21-Jun-74 |
Seattle PI |
Chicano center funds Ok'd |
| 16-Jul-74 |
Seattle PI |
Chicano center, monorail repair funds approved |
| 16-Jul-74 |
Seattle Times |
Chicano center to get additional $46,800 |
| 15-Aug-74 |
Seattle PI |
City schools to expand, enrich bilingual education |
| 23-Jan-77 |
Seattle Times |
Bilingual Teaching is "in" at el Centro Day care |
| 5-Apr-77 |
Seattle Times |
El Centro- Shotgun blast spoiled take-over says protesters |
| 7-Apr-77 |
Seattle Times |
El centro- Complaints 'a surprise' to Chicano official |
| 4-Jun-77 |
Seattle PI |
El centro- Seattle chicano group to picket El Centro |
| 5-Mar-78 |
Seattle Times |
El Centro- Employees to control center for Chicanos |
| 28-Jun-78 |
Seattle PI |
El centro helps all nationalities (editorial by R. Maestas of the center) |
| 2-May-79 |
Seattle PI |
El Centro's $173,000 transfusion |
| 2-May-79 |
Seattle Times |
Chicano-center funds released |
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