Activist Oral Histories
Main pages
- About the Project
- Films and Slide Shows
- Civil Rights Organizations
- Activists Oral Histories
- Segregated Seattle
- Seattle's Ethnic Press
- Research Reports
- Special Sections
- For Teachers
Films and Slide Shows
- "A Really Nice Place to Live" film by Shaun Scott
- "The End of Old Days" film by Shaun Scott
- "A Family Affair" film by Shaun Scott
- "Seattle's Segregation Story" powerpoint slide show
- "Black Panthers Tell Their Story" powerpoint slide show
- "Raza Si! Chicano Activism in Washington State 1965-present" powerpoint slide show
- "Women in the Civil Rights Movement" powerpoint slide show
- "Student Activism at the University of Washington" powerpoint slide show
Activist video oral histories and biographies
- Acevez, Pedro
- Adams, Jean "Maid"
- Adams, John H.
- Alaniz, Yolanda
- Alexander, Belle
- Amen-Allah, Kenyatto
- Bennett, Ramona
- Bill, Willard
- Bocanegra, Juan Jose
- Caver, Vivian
- Chew, Ron
- Chin, Doug
- Cook, Mark
- Cordova, Dorothy
- Cordova, Fred
- Cornish, Megan
- Della, David
- Dixon, Aaron
- Dixon, Elmer
- Dixon, Michael
- Domingo, Cindy
- Domingo, Lynn
- Durham, Heidi
- Fiddler, Jake
- Gallegos, Sidney
- Gamboa, Erasmo
- Gossett, Larry
- Guillen, Rosalinda
- Hayasaka, Phil
- Hawkins, Todd
- Hobbs, Leon
- Hollingsworth, Dorothy
- Hubbard, Walter
- Irigon, Francisco
- Johnson, Charles
- Johnson, Doug
- Johnson, Ron
- Kato, Charles
- King, Ivan
- Lanier, Herman
- Lewis, Janet
- Lewis, Randy
- Lowry, Mike
- Maeda, Sharon
- Maestas, Roberto
- Mangaoang, B.J.
- Martinez, Frank and Blanca
- Martinez, Ricardo
- Matsuda, Larry
- McKinney, Samuel
- Mercer, Lyle
- Murray, Mike
- Nelson, Lonnie
- Owens, Garry
- Paul, Blair
- Raymond, Jeanne
- Reyes, Lawney
- Riojas, Rogelio
- Rodriguez, Jesus
- Saldaña, Rebecca
- Santos, Bob
- Sims, Beverly
- Simmons, Fred
- Singler, Joan
- Smith, Charles Z.
- Sugiyama, Alan
- Tagawa, Mike
- Uhlman, Wes
- Valentine, Bettylou
- Veloria, Velma
- Villanueva, Tomas
- West, Marion
- White, Bobby
- Whitaker, Alvin
- Williams, Shamseddin
- Woo, Michael
- Yates, John
Research Reports
- The Chicano Movement in Washington State, 1967-2006 by Oscar Casteñada
- Christian Friends for Racial Equality, 1942-1970 by Johanna Phillips
- Challenging Sexism at City Light: The Electrical Trades Trainee Program by Nicole Grant
- Victorio Velasco, Pioneer Filipino American Journalist by Erik Luthy
- By Right of Discovery: United Indians of All Tribes Retakes Fort Lawton, 1970 by Lossom Allen
- United Indians of All Tribes Meets the Press: News Coverage of the 1970 Occupation of Fort Lawton by Karen Smith
- American Indian Women's Service League: Raising the Cause of Urban Indians, 1958-71 by Karen Smith
- The 1920 Anti-Japanese Crusade and Congressional Hearings by Doug Blair
- "Pride and Shame" The Museum Exhibit that Helped Launch the Japanese American Redress Movement
by Allison Shephard - Battle at Boeing: African Americans and the Campaign for Jobs, 1939-1942 by Sarah Miner
- 1965 Freedom Patrols and the Origins of Seattle's Police Accountability Movement by Jennifer Taylor
- After Internment: Seattle's Debate Over Japanese Americans' Right to Return Home by Jennifer Speidel
- Susie Revels Cayton: "The Part She Played" by Michelle L. Goshorn
- Black Longshoreman: The Frank Jenkins Story by Megan Elston
- Blocking Racial Intermarriage Laws in 1935 and 1937: Seattle's First Civil Rights Coalition by Stefanie Johnson
- Cannery Worker's and Farm Laborer's Union 1933-1939: Their Strength in Unity by Crystal Fresco
- La Raza Comes to Campus: The new Chicano contingent and the grape boycott at the University of Washington, 1968-69 by Jeremy Simer
- The Local 7/Local 37 Story: Filipino American Cannery Unionism in Seattle 1940-1959 by Micah Ellison
- Organized Labor and Seattle's African American Community: 1916-1920 by Jon Wright
- Race and Civil Rights in the Washington State Communist Party: the 1930s and 1940s by Shelley Pinckney
- Revels Cayton: African American Communist and Labor Activist by Sarah Falconer
- The Seattle School Boycott of 1966 by Brooke Clark
- Tyree Scott and the United Construction Workers Association by Trevor Griffey
- The Black Panther Party 1968-1970 by Kurt Schaefer
- The Electrical Workers Minority Caucus: A History by Nicole Grant
Seattle's Ethnic Press
- The Japanese-American Courier (1937-1940) by Mark Morzol
- The Northwest Enterprise in the Cold War Years (1947-1949) by Grace Taylor
- Racial Equality Bulletin and the Christian Friends of Racial Equality, 1951-1953 by Brooklynn Gregorich
- Victorio Velasco, Pioneer Filipino American Journalist by Erik Luthy
- The Internment of Japanese Americans as reported by Seattle Area Weekly Newspapers by Luke Colasurdo
- Black Power and Education in the Afro American Journal 1968-1969 by Doug Blair
- The Filipino Forum: Founding Years 1928-1930 by Mark Mabanag
- The Jewish Transcript 1924-1926 by Rachael Blanchard
- The Jewish Voice of the Pacific Coast: 1915-1916 by Kate Marshall
- The Real American: "A National Newspaper for Indians and Their Friends" 1922-1924 by Erin Plummer
- Quileute Independent and Quileute Chieftain, 1908-1910 by Heather McKimmie
- Perceptions of Race in the Seattle Union Record by Chad Seabury
- Philippine-American Chronicle, 1935-1936 by Rache Stotts-Johnson
Segregated Seattle
- Main page
- Seattle Segregation maps
- Racial Restrictive Covenants
- Innis Arden- A Restricted Residential Community
Black Panther Party, Seattle Chapter
- BPP main page
- BPP History
- BPP Documents
- BPP Interviews
- BPP Photos
- BPP News Coverage
- 1970 Congressional Hearings
- Exhibit 1: membership
- Exhibit 2:photographs
- Exhibit 3:photographs
- Exhibit 4:quotations
- Exhibit 5: application
- Exhibit 6:objectives of women panthers
- Exhibit 7:photographs of offices
- Exhibit 8-9:food stamps
- Exhibit 10-14:Safeway boycott
- Exhibit 15:dynamite photograph
- Exhibit 16: arrest records
- Testimony: Archie J. Porter
- Testimony: Stanley K. Fridell
- Testimony: Elmer James Dixon III
- Testimony: Richard A. Shaw
- Testimony: Thomas Q. Simmons
- Testimony: Secret testimony of undercover witness
- BPP Bulletin
- No1: October 1969
- No2: November 1969
- No3
- No4
- BPP Links and Sources
United Construction Workers Association
Filipino Cannery Unionism Across Three Generations 1930s-1980s
- Filipino Cannery Unionism main page
- Interviews
- History
- Cannery Workers' and Farm Laborers' Unions 1933-1939 by Crystal Fresco
- The Local 3/Local 37 Story: Filipino American Cannery Worker Unionism in Seattle 1940-1959 by Micah Ellison
Chicano/a Movement of Washington State History Project
Seattle's Asian American Movement
- Seattle's Asian American Movement main page
- Asian Coalition for Equality (ACE)
- Oriental Student Union Sit In
- Kingdome Protest and HUD March, Nov.1977
- International District Preservation Movement
For Teachers
- Understanding "Protest": Concept Formation Lesson Plan
- Document Based Question: School Segregation in Seattle
- Black Panther Party and Community Empowerment
- Town Meeting: The School Boycott of 1966
- "Causes of Conflict": Classroom-Based Assessment
- Grape Boycott at the UW Lesson Plan
- Introductory or Concluding Essay: Helping Students Enact Community Change
- Martin Luther King's Controversial Visit to Seattle