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In 1963, a quarter-million people gathered in Washington, D.C., to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. But the summer of 1963 marked a critical point in Seattle history as well, as young activists staged the city’s first sit-ins of the civil rights movement.
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A street in Seattle’s central area has been named Reverend Dr. S. McKinney Avenue, for the local civil rights leader.Seattle Mayor Ed Murray signed an…
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The Seattle City Council has named a street in the city’s central area in honor of civil rights leader Rev. Samuel McKinney.The council on Monday…