Seattle Black Lives Matter March Photograph Collection, April 15, 2017

Text on signs read: "Black lives matter [with photographs of black children inside of red hearts]"; "White silence is violence"; "It is so easy to laugh / Hate takes guts"; "Resist! [with an image of Sojourner Truth]"; "Black Lives Matter." Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son, in 1828 she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man.

Text on sign reads: "Power concedes nothing without a demand - Frederick Douglass"; "I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept. - Angela Davis. Black Lives Matter [with a raised fist on a black background]." Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writings.Angela Yvonne Davis is an American political activist, academic, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.

Text on signs read: "Black Lives Matter [with photographs of black children inside of red hearts"; "Black Lives Matter"; "Black [love] [equals] lives & rights"; "The only color that doesn't belong is orange"; "Tax wealth, Green party"; "We are here to help one another. We are everywhere."

Text on sign reads: "¡Basta Ya! Enough! No! Drive out Trump/Pence Regime! In the name of humanity, we REFUSE to accept a fascist America! 10 Days: April 22 - May 1: Stop up the Resistance! Bring the NO! April 22: March for Science, April 29: People's Climate March, May 1st: Protests against attacks on immigrants - RefuseFacsim.org." Michael Richard Pence is an American politician, lawyer, and the 48th Vice President of the United States.

Text on sign reads: "Fight Racism with Solidarity... Fight Capitalism with Socialism! - Fred Hampton. Party for Socialism and Liberation, 425 310 2576, PSLweb.org."

Text on signs read: "Nice white ladies for black lives"; "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail"; "Sin, Death, Judgement then heaven or hell - Only Jesus Saves."

Text on sign reads: "UUs [Unitarian Universalists]... Standing on the side of LOVE!"; "Old white guys support Black Lives Matter." One individual is wearing a shirt that reads: "VOTE - 11.02.04", as well as a hat covered in buttons which read: "Nasty woman"; "Dump Trump." M

Text on sign reads: "Black Lives Matter." One individual is wearing a neon green hat which reads: "National Lawyers Guild - Legal Observer."

Text on sign reads: "E-mol-u-ment, noun, formal, a salary, fee, or profit from employment or office. See also: Mar-a-Lago." Mar-a-Lago is a Florida resort owned by President Donald Trump.President Donald Trump has been accused of being in violation of the Title of Nobility Clause of the U.S. Constitution (often referred to as the Emoluments Clause).The clause forbids members of the U.S. government from receiving gifts, emoluments, offices or titles from foreign states without the permission of Congress.

Text on sign reads: "Black Lives Matter." One demonstrator wears a green shirt with the slogan "Black Lives Matter [with a raised fist]."

Text on patch reads: "Shirley Chisholm for president, Unbought and Unbossed - 1972." Individual is also wearing a hat covered in buttons which read: "Black Lives Matter"; "We Shall Overcome"; "Shirley Chisholm - 1972"; "March on Washington - Jobs & Freedom, 1963." Shirley Anita Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress, and she represented New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1972, she became the first black candidate for a major party's nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

Text on sign reads: "White dudes are a bummer."

Text on sign reads: "Black Lives Matter - BLFSEATTLE"; "E-mol-u-ment, noun, formal, a salary, fee, or profit from employment or office. See also: Mar-a-Lago." Mar-a-Lago is a Florida resort owned by President Donald Trump.President Donald Trump has been accused of being in violation of the Title of Nobility Clause of the U.S. Constitution (often referred to as the Emoluments Clause).The clause forbids members of the U.S. government from receiving gifts, emoluments, offices or titles from foreign states without the permission of Congress.One individual wears a shirt that reads: "Speak out and be heard - Sunday basketball."

Text on sign reads: "Trump administration is full of scum - resist & pop that whitehead America! [with a cartoon of President Trump with a large pimple in the shape of the White House]."

Text on sign reads: "Corn can't expect justice from a court made up of chickens - African proverb."

Text on sign reads: "Black Lives Matter"; "Justice is what love looks like in public - MLK - Resist Hate." The two demonstrators are both wearing black hats.Martin Luther King Jr.was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using the tactics of nonviolence and civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs and inspired by the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi. He was assassinated by James Earl Ray on April 4 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Text on signs read: "Lock Trump up... Throw away the key!"; "Black Lives Matter - Stop police violence."

Text on signs read: "Black Lives Matter"; "Trump, show us your money - Progressive not regressive - Audit this Trump - Stop corporate welfare - What are you hiding?." President Donald Trump declined to release his tax returns during the 2016 presidential campaign. Every other major-party presidential nominee, except Donald Trump and Gerald Ford, has released their tax returns to the public. President Trump has claimed he cannot release his tax return because he is being audited, and that the American public is not interested in seeing his returns.

Text on sign reads: "White silence costs lives." Individual pictured is wearing a black knitted cap.

Text on sign reads: "Just leak em." President Donald Trump declined to release his tax returns during the 2016 presidential campaign. Every other major-party presidential nominee, except Donald Trump and Gerald Ford, has released their tax returns to the public. President Trump has claimed he cannot release his tax return because he is being audited, and that the American public is not interested in seeing his returns.The Black Lives Matter rally took place on the same day as the Tax March in Seattle.

Text on signs read: "RESIST"; "Black Lives Matter [with photographs of black children inside of red hearts]."

Text on sign reads: "Black Lives Matter - There is no peace without justice." A rainbow flag is also being flown.

Text on signs read: "Black Lives Matter"; "Resist."

Mohawk Kuzma (also known as Miles Partman) is a South Seattle resident who has organized numerous Black Lives Matter marches and protests locally.

Text on sign reads: "No New Youth Jail"; "Black Lives Matter [with photographs of black children inside of red hearts]."

Text on signs read: "Black Lives Matter."

Text on signs read: "Black Lives Matter"; "Old white guys support Black Lives Matter"; "White silence = violence."

Text on signs read: "Black Lives Matter"; "Share the land"; "Tax wealthy, Green party"; "Resist! [with a photograph of Sojourner Truth]." Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son, in 1828 she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man.

Text on sign reads: "Love not hate."

Text on sign reads: "Hiding what and how - release your taxes now." President Donald Trump declined to release his tax returns during the 2016 presidential campaign. Every other major-party presidential nominee, except Donald Trump and Gerald Ford, has released their tax returns to the public. President Trump has claimed he cannot release his tax return because he is being audited, and that the American public is not interested in seeing his returns.The Black Lives Matter rally took place on the same day as the Tax March in Seattle.

Text on sign reads: "Reforms now - Black Lives Matter."

Text on sign reads: "Even white people are sick of white people's bullshit - Black Lives Matter."

Text on sign reads: "Black Lives Matter - Would you care if it were your child?."

Text on signs read: "Black Lives Matter."