“Seattle has a unique civil rights history that challenges the way we think about race, civil rights, and the Pacific Northwest. Civil rights movements in Seattle started well before the celebrated struggles in the South in the 1950s and 1960s and the Seattle movements relied not just on African American activists but also Filipino Americans, Japanese Americans, Chinese Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. They also depended upon the support of some elements of the region's labor movement. From the 1910s through the 1970s, labor and civil rights were linked in complicated ways, with some unions and radical organizations providing critical support to struggles for racial justice, while others stood in the way."

So starts the introduction to this fascinating website that promises to reveal much about Seattle's ethnic contribution to the growth and development of one of the nation's most ethnically diversified and liberal minded cities. This project is based at the University of Washington and it is a collaboration involving community groups, UW faculty and students, both undergraduates and graduate students. Funding for the project is being provided by the Simpson Center for the Humanities , the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies , Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest , Office of Undergraduate Education, Office of the Provost, all at the University of Washington.

Please take advantage of the link at the top of this page and visit the website

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