"Separate but Unequal: Is Black Control the Answer?" Urban League Forum, c. 1967-1968

In the spring of 1966, a two-day boycott of Seattle's public schools organized by the civil rights community brought the issue of school segregation to the city's consciousness. Yet by 1968, different civil rights groups had different approaches: the more conservative wing of the civil rights movement proposed integrating schools at all costs, even if it meant closing Central District schools. More radical formations, like the Black Students' Union, advocated community control of Central District schools and institutions. This is a flyer on the subject for a forum sponsored by the Urban League and the Central Area Civil Rights committee, two of the more conservative groupings. [Digitization of documents courtesy of the Special Collections Library, University of Washington (CORE, Seattle Chapter Records, 1961-1970, Manuscript Collection 1563). Copyright (c) reserved.]

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