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Seattle Black Lives Matter March Photograph Collection, April 15, 2017
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Seattle Black Lives Matter March Photograph Collection
- Dates
- April 15, 2017 (inclusive)2017041620170416
- Quantity
- 34 digital photographs
- Collection Number
- PH1490
- Summary
- Photographs of the Black Lives Matter march on Seattle, April 15, 2017
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
The collection is entirely digital and can be viewed only on the Libraries Digital Collections website.
- Languages
- English
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
On Saturday, April 15, 2017, Seattle Black Lives Matter held a march in downtown Seattle, called BlackLivesMatter 2.0 March. The march began at Westlake Center and ended at the U.S. District Courthouse at 700 Stewart Street, in downtown Seattle. Participants were encouraged to wear black knitted hats to show their rejection of discrimination. Organizers included Mohawk Kuzma (also known as Miles Partman) and Jessica Owens. Organizers estimate that around 7,000 people participated in the march. The Black Lives Matter movement was founded by Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza. The movement was created after the murder of 17-year old Trayvon Martin and the subsequent failure of the judicial system to hold his killer, George Zimmerman, accountable for his crime. According to organizers, "Black Lives Matter is an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. It is an affirmation of Black folks' contributions to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression."
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs from the Seattle Black Lives Matter March, April 15, 2017.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
View the entire collection on the Libraries Digital Collections website
Restrictions on Use
Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Donor: John Gerhard, April 15, 2017; Kristin Kinsey, April 15, 2017.
Related Materials
The Black Lives Matter Seattle website has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2020. The snapshots can be viewed here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/4224/*/https://blacklivesseattle.org/
The Black Lives Matter Seattle Twitter page was regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine during June 2020. The snapshots can be viewed here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/4224/*/https://twitter.com/BLMSEA206
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
John Gerhard PhotographsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| electronic_file | item | ||
| Online | GerhardJ1 |
Demonstrators with signs reading "Resist!", "Black Lives
Matter", and "White Silence is Violence", Westlake Park, Seattle,
Washington 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.
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | GerhardJ2 |
Protester sitting down while holding a sign with a quote
from Angela Davis, Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | GerhardJ3 |
Sign reading "The only color that doesn't belong is
orange", Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington 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."
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | GerhardJ4 |
Sign reading "¡Basta Ya! Enough!", Westlake Park,
Seattle, Washington 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.
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April 15, 2017 |
| Online | GerhardJ5 |
Banner reading "Fight racism with solidarity... Fight
capitalism with socialism", Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on sign reads: "Fight Racism with Solidarity... Fight
Capitalism with Socialism! - Fred Hampton. Party for Socialism and Liberation,
425 310 2576, PSLweb.org."
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | GerhardJ6 |
Sign reading "Nice white ladies for black lives",
Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington 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."
|
April 15, 2017 |
Kristin Kinsey PhotographsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| electronic_file | item | ||
| Online | KinseyK1 |
Demonstrator holding a sign which reads "Old white guys
support Black Lives Matter", Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington 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
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK2 |
Large mesh banner with orange letters reading "Black
Lives Matter", Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on sign reads: "Black Lives Matter." One individual is
wearing a neon green hat which reads: "National Lawyers Guild - Legal
Observer."
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK3 |
Sign that provides the definition for the word
"emolument", Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK4 |
Two demonstrators showing support for Black Lives
Matter, Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on sign reads: "Black Lives Matter." One demonstrator wears
a green shirt with the slogan "Black Lives Matter [with a raised fist]."
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK5 |
Demonstrator wearing a shirt from 1972 supporting then
presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm, Westlake Park, Seattle,
Washington 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.
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK6 |
Protester holding a sign reading "White dudes are a
bummer", Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on sign reads: "White dudes are a bummer."
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK7 |
Protester wearing a shirt which reads "Speak out and be
heard", Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington 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."
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK8 |
Sign reading "Trump administration is full of scum -
resist & pop that whitehead America!", Westlake Park, Seattle,
Washington 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]."
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK9 |
Sign reading "Corn can't expect justice from a court
made up of chickens", Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on sign reads: "Corn can't expect justice from a court made
up of chickens - African proverb."
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK10 |
Sign reading "Justice is what love looks like in
public", Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK11 |
Signs reading "Lock Trump Up" and "Stop Police
Violence", Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on signs read: "Lock Trump up... Throw away the key!";
"Black Lives Matter - Stop police violence."
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK12 |
Signs reading "Black Lives Matter" and "Trump, show us
your money", Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK13 |
Sign on back of demonstrator reading "White silence
costs lives", Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on sign reads: "White silence costs lives." Individual
pictured is wearing a black knitted cap.
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK14 |
Sign reading "Just Leak Em", Westlake Park, Seattle,
Washington 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.
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK15 |
Protester holding a red and black sign reading "RESIST",
Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on signs read: "RESIST"; "Black Lives Matter [with
photographs of black children inside of red hearts]."
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK16 |
Protester waving an upside down American flag over the
crowd at Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on sign reads: "Black Lives Matter - There is no peace
without justice." A rainbow flag is also being flown.
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK17 |
Signs reading "Black Lives Matter" and "Resist",
Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on signs read: "Black Lives Matter"; "Resist."
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April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK18 |
Mohawk Kuzma (a.k.a. Miles Partman) addressing the crowd
at Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Mohawk Kuzma (also known as Miles Partman) is a South Seattle
resident who has organized numerous Black Lives Matter marches and protests
locally.
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK19 |
Demonstrators, many in black hats, listen to speakers at
Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on sign reads: "No New Youth Jail"; "Black Lives Matter
[with photographs of black children inside of red hearts]."
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK20 |
Multiple signs and banners reading "Black Lives Matter",
Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on signs read: "Black Lives Matter."
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April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK21 |
Sign reading "White silence = violence" spattered with
red paint, Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on signs read: "Black Lives Matter"; "Old white guys
support Black Lives Matter"; "White silence = violence."
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April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK22 |
Signs reading "Share the Land", "Resist"; "Tax Wealth,
Green Party", Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK23 |
Green and pink sign reading "Love not hate", Westlake
Park, Seattle, Washington Text on sign reads: "Love not hate."
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK24 |
Sign with fake money attached to it, reading "Hiding
what and how - release your taxes now!", Westlake Park, Seattle,
Washington 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.
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK25 |
Sign reading "Reforms now - Black Lives Matter",
Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on sign reads: "Reforms now - Black Lives Matter."
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April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK26 |
Sign reading "Even white people are sick of white
people's bullshit", Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on sign reads: "Even white people are sick of white
people's bullshit - Black Lives Matter."
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April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK27 |
Sign reading "Would you care if it were your child?",
Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on sign reads: "Black Lives Matter - Would you care if it
were your child?."
|
April 15, 2017 |
| Online | KinseyK28 |
Two neon colored signs reading "Black Lives Matter",
Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington Text on signs read: "Black Lives Matter."
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April 15, 2017 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Gerhard, John (photographer)
- Kinsey, Kristin (photographer)
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