Dee Gardner · @glacierpique
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@zhivi My hometown of Tacoma has a shameful history of mistreatment of Blacks and Asians dating back to at least the 1880s.
UW’s Civil Rights and Labor History Consortium compiled maps that illustrate the slow pace of desegregation in Washington.
In the absence of anecdotes, these data illustrate how slowly these cities have desegregated during the last 50 years.
depts.washington.edu/labhist/m

#integration #DiversityEquityInclusion #TacomaHistory

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RT @Tacoma_History@twitter.com

Passengers wait at the Tacoma Municipal Dock to board the streamlined "Kalakala" for the last ferry ride across the Narrows on July 2, 1940, the service being ended because of the opening of the first Narrows Bridge.  

📷: @tacomalibrary@twitter.com

🐦🔗: twitter.com/Tacoma_History/sta

#TacomaHistory #NarrowsBridge #KalaKala

Last updated 2 years ago