Reverend Samuel Berry McKinney (1926-2018) served as pastor of Seattle's Mount Zion Baptist Church from 1958 until his retirement in 1998. Rev. McKinney was a civil rights leader as well as a minister and did much to shape the conscience of Seattle. www.historylink.org/File/152 #BlackHistoryMonth
#OnThisDay in 1944, Mayor William Devin inaugurated a Civic Unity Committee to address the problem of growing racial tension in Seattle. historylink.org/File/2112
#OnThisDay in 1969, Senator Henry M. Jackson introduced the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) into the U.S. Senate. The bill would become the linchpin of U.S. environmental policy historylink.org/File/9908
“Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us.”
― Henrik Tikkanen
#OnThisDay in 1919, the Seattle shipyard strike began - the spark that ignited the five-day Seattle General Strike two weeks later. historylink.org/File/11158
How should long vacant 88-acre Terminal 46 come back?
Why not create a dynamic urban community like Vancouver’s Granville Island to anchor the South-end of our transformed Central Waterfront and compliment Pioneer Square?
A vibrant mix of uses would add more jobs and vitality to the City!
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Oh my.
Our grandchildren will pay the price for the Trump Administration's insane targeting of renewable energy.
An indelibly tragic day that united us all as Americans, if only for a short time.
New from me: I thought it would be helpful to write a bit about what we still somehow don't know about Jeffrey Epstein: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
#OnThisDay in 1994, the Algona-Pacific Library opened. historylink.org/File/20128
Two of our precious grandchildren returned from their first overnight summer camp last week. We got to listen to their stories and adventures.
I can only imagine the unbearable pain the grandparents of these children are enduring. My thoughts are with those deeply affected by this horrible tragedy.
What goes around, comes around. We had a deal with Iran, Israel supported it. Now we have war.
An innovative reuse for the Wreck Master’s digs!
Steal from the poor to give to the rich. Robin Hood would appreciate the irony.
As an elected official, “arbitrary and capricious” was a line one was never to cross. Arbitrary and Capricious seems to be this administration’s motto.
Fact: Sounders have never lost when Nouhou has scored.
We can do this!
