Women and men worked
together
Vivian Caver’s more than 50 year record of civic service in Seattle’s African American community includes substantial civil rights advocacy work, including working with the Urban League, and serving as Vice Chair and later Chair of the Seattle Human Rights Department. (2 min)
In addition to these woman-led organizations, women and men worked
together to fight discrimination.
In the
late 1940s, the Urban League led a campaign to force downtown stores to
hire African Americans; Vivian Caver played a key role in that
fight.
