Milestone:
1935 intermarriage campaign
Seattle’s first multi-racial civil rights coalition came together in 1935 when segregationists proposed a state law that would make racial intermarriage a crime. African Americans, Filipino Americans, and Japanese Americans worked together and managed to defeat  the bill. Also joining the crusade were left-wing unions and the Communist Party.
Above: headline in the Northwest Enterprise, a weekly newspaper serving the black community.
 Right: woodcut from the Voice of Action published by the Communist Party.