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Part of Community Event Collection
Part of Community Event Collection
Part of Community Event Collection
The backside of this photo contains the following text:
1981
Bertha Gallagher Pictured with Antique Phone (1920)
Part of Community Event Collection
Oral history interview with Tacoma resident Charlie Best conducted by dindria barrow on June 30, 2023. In this interview, Charlie shares his interpretation of “home” and how it has defined itself over his lifetime. To paraphrase: Home changes according to the different iterations of “self” and knowing who you are. Charlie is very conscious of how we use masks in our public and work lives. Thus, home is a place where you can be yourself and is a place that you choose, not just a place that is given to you. As the Education Manager of The Rainbow Center, Charlie’s role allows him to share his story of identity. After dealing with many personal struggles, living in the present is now a consistent daily goal for Charlie.
Video recording of Beverly Grant, Pierce County Attorney at Law, Retired Pierce county Superior Court Judge Fighting for Employees’ Rights, from the 2018 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Part of Community Event Collection
Part of Community Event Collection
Billy Ray Shirley Sculpture February 14, 2022
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
This sculpture, created by Jasmine Brown took 3 years to produce thanks to COVID. Billy Ray Shirley III was a resident in Tacoma's Eastside and dedicated volunteer in his community. His homicide in 2011 prompted the building of the new Eastside Community Center, which opened in 2018. The bronze statue was created by Jasmine Iona Brown, and was unveiled in October of 2021.
Part of Sulja Warnick Papers
Part of Sulja Warnick Papers
Part of Sulja Warnick Papers
Black Collective Meeting with Tacoma Art Museum, July 2021
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
The Tacoma Art Museum will host the Kinsey African American Art & History Collection from July 31 - November 28, 2021. Director David F Setford visited the Black Collective to a presentation.
Black Lives Matter protest march
Part of Dear Tacoma Project Collection
Black Lives Matter protesters marching on Highway 705. June 5th, 2020
Black Lives Matter protest march (Video)
Part of Dear Tacoma Project Collection
A video of the peaceful Black Lives Matter protest marching down Pacific Avenue on 6/5/2020.
Black Women's Caucus of Washington State Interview
On February 24, 2023, dindria barrow conducted a group oral history interview with four members/founders of the Black Women's Caucus of Washington State, Tacoma Chapter. Those interviewed and photographed include (from left to right): Dr. Thelma Jackson, Caucus founder; Susan Alexander, previous president; Chana Lawson, current president; and Wilma J. Muse, longtime member. In this interview, the origin story of the Caucus is described, and the purpose of the group is explained.
Part of Charles Carson Papers