Julia Swan
Julia Swan is an M.A. student in Museology at the University of Washington. Julia graduated magna cum laude from Whitman College, in Walla Walla, Washington, in 2006, with a B.A. in History. She is interested in public history and is studying the influence of museums in sharing stories from the past with a broad audience. Julia’s experiences in museums include interpretation and education, public programming, and public relations.
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Drive for Equal Employment in Downtown Seattle (DEEDS)
One of the driving forces of the Civil Rights Movement in Seattle, Washington was the desire to end unfair employment...
Central Area Civil Rights Committee
In 1963, prominent Seattle, Washington civil rights leaders united to form the Central Area Civil Rights Committee (CACRC). Members were...
Charles V. Johnson (1928- )
Charles Vernon Johnson was an influential member of the Seattle African American community from the moment he moved out west...
Operation Equity
Although racially restricted housing covenants had been banned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1948, various forms of de facto...
Central Area School Council (1969-1975)
The Central Area School Council (CASC) was formed in 1969 at a time when community control of public schools was...
Central Area Committee for Peace and Improvement
African American civil rights and political activists in Seattle had been working throughout the early 1960s to integrate and bring...
Frances Ellen Harper Branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (1891-1895)
The Frances Ellen Harper branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was founded in Seattle, Washington by Mrs. Emma...
Andrew Young (Seattle)
Andrew J. Young (not related to Martin Luther King’s lieutenant and Southern Christian Leadership Conference member of the same name)...
Keve Bray (1925-1972)
Seattle businessman and political activist Keve Bray played an essential role in the local civil rights movement and is especially...
Cliff Hooper, Sr. (1917-2001)
Cliff Hooper, Sr. was an artist, an activist, and a community leader. Though born in Evansville, Indiana, he became an...
