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Reimagine Seattle Storytelling Project

January 13, 2021 by SEAneighborhoods The challenges of 2020 were immense and impacted each one of us. They laid bare deep inequities and racial disparities in our cult...

Reimagine Seattle Storytelling Project

January 13, 2021 by SEAneighborhoods

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Black History Month: The Cayton-Revels Family

February 27, 2021 by SEAneighborhoods It is well known that history books are deeply stained with racism and bigotry. This is true across the nation and is no different...

Black History Month: The Cayton-Revels Family

February 27, 2021 by SEAneighborhoods

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Black History Month: “We hold history in our blood.”

February 25, 2021 by SEAneighborhoods by Patricia “Chookenshaa” Allen-Dick I was blessed to be raised by my grandmother and to have met my maternal great grandparen...

Black History Month: “We hold history in our...

February 25, 2021 by SEAneighborhoods

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Black History Month: Wa Na Wari

February 25, 2021 by SEAneighborhoods For more than 50 years, the blue Craftsman located at 911 24th Ave in the Central District was home to many different extended fam...

Black History Month: Wa Na Wari

February 25, 2021 by SEAneighborhoods

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Black History Month: Communion

February 24, 2021 by SEAneighborhoods Chef Kristi Brown rose to culinary fame in the area with her “Seattle Soul” food. She defines the cuisine as “rooted in trad...

Black History Month: Communion

February 24, 2021 by SEAneighborhoods

Black History Month: Roberta Byrd Barr

February 19, 2021 by SEAneighborhoods Roberta Byrd Barr’s career path was anything but a straight line. As an educator, civil rights leader, actor, librarian, and T.V...

Black History Month: Roberta Byrd Barr

February 19, 2021 by SEAneighborhoods

Black History Month: Black & Tan Hall

February 17, 2021 by SEAneighborhoods The term “black and tan” originated in Harlem to identify clubs where patrons of all races were welcome despite segregation la...

Black History Month: Black & Tan Hall

February 17, 2021 by SEAneighborhoods