1. World War I America at the Museum of History and Industry and some personal history

          As we approach the hundredth anniversary of Armistice Day for World War I on November 11, over very own Museum of History and Industry is hosting the only exhibition on that subject on the entire West Coast. Armistice Day began as a protest against the horrors of war. It has evolved into […]

  2. Carletta Carrington Wilson’s “letter to a laundress”

            Carletta Carrington Wilson addresses her  “letter to a laundress”  to her great great grandmother, but her profound photo/poem installation currently on view at the Kittredge Gallery in Tacoma  (only until September 29) honors the work of all those who, in her words, “took in wash.”   She found photographs of anonymous […]

  3. Three inclusive events in Seattle give me hope

                The first event was the 55th anniversary of the March on Washington sponsored by Mt Zion Baptist Church, the oldest African American church in Seattle and a pioneer of Civil Rights Leadership under the Reverend Samuel B McKinney. Here you see our new police chief Carmen Best marching with […]