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By: Hector

Hector — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:20:34 +0000

Excellent background for those of us who have never been [and may never come, despite your evident personal warmth, practicality & intelligence] to Seattle. Kia ora.

By: Sable

Sable — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:25:07 +0000

Actually, no the school of Social Justice is within the School of Social Work. According to Deborah Hays.

By: jenn

jenn — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:54:34 +0000

This looks like a great article! Just one thing though–Deborah Hays works for the UW School of Social at the UW–it is not the School of Social Justice. Maybe you were trying to be facetious?

By: joshuadf

joshuadf — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:59:36 +0000

Very nice! I’m a little surprised that you don’t cite Quintard Taylor’s The Forging of a Black Community: Seattle’s Central District from 1870 through the Civil Rights Era. Another very interesting resource is the documentary done by SCCC and Bill Kossen called “There Goes the Neighborhood Again”, which I see you can watch online at the MOHAI section of seattlechannel.org.

By: j-rok

j-rok — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:37:10 +0000

This is some awesome information! Great post.

By: Dawn Mason

Dawn Mason — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:39:26 +0000

Did you know that even though Affirmative Action was voted out in Washington, the Football stadium must contract affirmatively? On the last day of many days of legislative wrangling, I negotiated this amended language into the bill that passed. So when the people of Washington voted for the stadium the likewise voted for the affirmative action language.

By: Dawn Mason

Dawn Mason — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:28:57 +0000

Thank you for Urban History, I am new to your writing and am enjoying it. It is sad that Frances Terry was one of only four nurses admitted to Seattle U many years ago and this Sunday, as my daughter an African American accepts here degree from Seattle U, she is one of only three of African ancestry to be admitted in her cohort and one of two to complete. Though she made the Dean’s List and applied with a great application, she was initially rejected, but being one that does not take rejection lightly or laying down, she got herself into the coveted Nursing Program. Any who has been hospitalized in Seattle area knows that being nursed by one of any African descent is as scarce as hens teeth. We must encourage the sciences and move more of our students in this direction. As the result of her taking her studies and career seriously, she has been gotten a plum assignment for her practicum and is sure to get the position she desires. She next thinks she will become a midwife, there is reportedly only one who is of African ancestry in the entire state. Not good.

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:38:14 +0000

Wow! Thanks for putting this up! What a great resource, and well-cited.