These maps explore the dimensions of race, politics, and social movements in Washington State. Here are more than a dozen pages grouped in six categories: (1) Washington voting history; (2) Race and segregation history for Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane; (3) Migration History; (4) Labor history locations in Seattle 1900-1940; (5) Radical movements: Socialist Party, Industrial Workers of the World, and Unemployed Citizens League (6) Racial justice movements: the NAACP, Black Panther Party, United Farm Workers (UFW), MEChA and other Chicana/o organizations.
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Race and Segregation | ||||||||||||
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Race and Segregation in Washington Cities and Counties 1940-2020Here we map patterns of racial segregation for several Washington counties in sequences of interactive maps.
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Migration History | ||||||||||||
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Labor History Locations | ||||||||||||
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Radical Movements: Maps and Data | ||||||||||||
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Racial Justice Movements | ||||||||||||
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Founded in Oakland in 1967, the Black Panther authorized only 12 additional chapters, one of them the Seattle's chapter, formed in 1969. This map shows BPP offices, facilities, and the location of key events, combining historic images with google street views of the locations today. As part of its 1970 investigation of the Seattle chapter of the BPP, Congressional investigators for the Committee on Internal Security Hearings secured photographs of buildings that the Panthers used as offices or as Breakfast Centers where they served hot meals to children. Click to see photos on the map. They are also reproduced below the map. |
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When ethnic Mexican farm workers led by Cesar Chavez joined with Filipino American workers led by Larry Itliong in 1965 to strike grape growers in Delano, California, the modern farm workers' movement was born. The UFW soon became active in the Pacific Northwest. Boycott committees formed in the cities and on college campuses. Here is an interactive map showing year by year actions across the three state region |
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Chicano students began to organize on college campuses in the late 1960s, forming organizations with various names. In 1969 most of these organizations merged forming El Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano/a de Aztlan (MEChA). MEChA spread in stages and as of 2012 claimed more than 500 chapters. California has long been MEChA's strongest base, but energetic chapters formed early in the Pacific Northwest and have been active ever since. |
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About the ProjectDirected by Professor James Gregory, the Mapping Washington Labor and Civil Rights project has been supported by a 2016-2017 Washington State Labor Research grant from the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington. Research Associates: Katie Anastas, Josue Estrada, Rebecca Flores, Arianne Hermida, Cameron Molyneux Technology Advisor: Jason Lee Grills |