This painted out wall once held a fine mural depicting soe of the history of Seattle’s African American Community. Then it was gone. A new mural is being painted nearby by a successful artists, Emily Charlotte Taibleson. I hope and assume she will do a great job, but I am sad that with all the[...]
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June 6th, 2015 - 8:31 am § in The Ave Scene
Whom would YOU Choose to Replace a Mural in Seattle’s Historic “Africatown”
April 26th, 2015 - 1:16 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Building Africatown
Ms. Helen, Chicken and Waffles and Africatown, : Visions for the future Despite our friendship with Ave author (and former Garfield HS basketball star) Anthony Washington, the athletic heritage of Garfield seems doomed unless the school begins to emulate the UW and import black men who can jump . [...]
February 16th, 2016 - 1:32 am § in The Ave Scene
Black Lives Matter But This Is Hypocrisy
So Seattle’s Central District, the home of Quincy Jones, the Garfield Jazz Band, and Jimi Hendrix, will soon be as white as Johannesburg. Once Jewish, then solidly black, this great neighborhood is now less than 20% African American and even elected a Hindu woman, a radical socialist, over a h[...]
June 17th, 2015 - 11:36 am § in The Ave Scene
VOTER EDUCATION FORUM IN DISTRICT 3 on Juneteenth
Africatown Juneteenth Voter Education Forum Join candidates from District 3, District 2 and at large seats District 8 & 9! THIS FRIDAY, June 19, 2015 6 PM – 8:30 PM New Hope Baptist Church 124 21st Ave, Seattle, WA 98122 Presented by Young Voters League co-sponsored by Black Doll[...]
June 2nd, 2015 - 6:05 pm § in The Ave Scene
District 3: The REAL Issues
Is it possible to discuss the real District 3 issues in the election for a city council member for District 3? Over at Facebook there is a group for District 3. When I posted there about the problem created by Sawantism .. her use of crowds to block discussion nf real issues … I was [&hell[...]
May 27th, 2015 - 8:08 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Seattle’s Apartheid Success
Back in the 70s, while we liberals were protesting Apartheid in Capetown, Seattle’s ethnic housing practices created ghettoes. Segregation here, as in South Africa, was not just for “colored” people. Restrictive racial covenants prohibited the sale or rental of properties to [...]
May 13th, 2015 - 11:08 am § in Politics, The Ave Scene
Of Sawant and Apartheid: Electing a City Council in Seattle
At a Black church, there were not more than a dozen or so Black faces. Last night we went to the Mt. Zion Baptist Church to hear the “debate” between candidates for Seattle City Council from this District. The event struck me as a tribute to Apartheid and Demagoguery. Seattle’s a[...]
Seattle African American-African Diaspora Gathering w/ Ed Murray
More than ever it is vital for the Black community locally as well as nationally to establish a collective set of goals to focus our energy and resources on. Historically, religion, nation of origin, sexual preference, gender, age, class, political views have all been reasons for division. What [...]