wau_protests_vtn061 vtn061 protests wau yes For the survival of yourself and your street University Street Caucus Police brutality--Washington (State)--Seattle Civil rights--Washington (State)--Seattle Homeless persons--Washington (State)--Seattle Police--Complaints against--Washington (State)--Seattle University Street Caucus University District (Seattle, Wash.) Announces: "Meeting: Every Thursday at the HUB. Meeting: Concerning Police Harassment, 7:00 Thursday night at the HUB...Room 84A." Background information: The riots referred to in the document were most likely those which occurred in the U District on August 13 and 14. After unsuccessfully trying to prevent and contain the violence for two nights, police "agreed to let the community try to handle the situation" with "scores of volunteers wearing 'peace' armbands" and "street monitors." The results were so successful that, "the Ave's self-pacification led to months of 'negotiations' among street people, merchants, residents, clergy, students, police, and city officials to reduce police harassment and establish a community center." The University Street Caucus was represented at these meetings by Jan Tissot, Bill Harrington, and Bob Shupe. (Crowley, Walt. Rites of Passage: A Memoir of the Sixties in Seattle. Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 151-155, 180) Note on date: 1969 is penciled on document. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Seattle, Wash.] : University of Washington Digital Initiatives University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division University of Washington. Libraries. Digital Initiatives Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection (University of Washington. Libraries) 2001/2003 Flyers https://content.lib.washington.edu/u?/protests,85 Scanned from original text at 400 dpi in color, saved in JPEG format and resized to 600 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2004. 27.5 x 21.5 cm Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection, Box 6/6. University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Forms part of the Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection 1969 Seattle (Wash.) King County (Wash.) 20090526 204905