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Washington pilots hate-crime and bias hotline in three counties
A longer version of this article originally appeared in the Washington State Standard. Washington has launched a hotline to report
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The elusive search for Seattle’s early Black history
Researching the life of a musician born in 1888 led to dead ends, deep appreciation for keepers of the past and questions about whose history is told.
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Mossback’s Northwest: How racism pervades PNW outdoors culture
Alison Mariella Désir and Knute Berger talk about the complex legacy of Catherine Montgomery, often called “the mother of the Pacific Crest Trail.”
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Mossback’s Northwest: The Black migration from California to B.C.
Not finding the equality — or gold — they sought in the West, Black Americans left the ‘free’ state in 1858 for refuge in Victoria.
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Fall Arts: A new Seattle play rustles up the history of Black cowboys
Local playwright Andrew Lee Creech brings post-Emancipation Texas to life in a story of love, ambition and what it means to be free.