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Keyword(s): Dominic Black

19 Features

Moss, Harold G. (1929-2020)

Harold Gene Moss was the first African American member of both the Tacoma City Council and the Pierce County Council, and Tacoma's first African American mayor. He became active in the civil-rights mo...

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Rockey, Jay (1928-2018)

Jay Rockey was the director of public relations for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) and the founder of Jay Rockey Public Relations, later The Rockey Company, which became the lea...

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Seattle Waterfront History Interviews: Ben Franz-Knight, Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority

Ben Franz-Knight was born in Pullman, graduated from the University of Washington and spent a decade in Southern California, where he served for seven years as executive director of the Santa Monica P...

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Seattle Waterfront History Interviews: Bob Davidson, Seattle Aquarium

Bob Davidson is the President and CEO of Seattle Aquarium. In this recording he discusses the history of the aquarium and how it dovetails with the wider history of Seattle's waterfront. He also expla...

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Seattle Waterfront History Interviews: Bob Donegan, Ivar's

Bob Donegan, President of Ivar's, has been a tireless advocate for the interests of businesses along Seattle's waterfront and beyond. In conversation with Dominic Black he recounts his activism around...

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Seattle Waterfront History Interviews: Cary Moon, People's Waterfront Coalition

Cary Moon (b. 1963) was a co-founder of the People's Waterfront Coalition in Seattle. In these extracts from her conversation with Dominic Black and Jennifer Ott of HistoryLink, she recounts her early...

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Seattle Waterfront History Interviews: Christine Gregoire, Governor of Washington

Christine Gregoire (b. 1947) served as Governor of Washington from 2005 to 2013. In this 2022 interview with HistoryLink's Dominic Black and Jennifer Ott, Gregoire discusses the political and financia...

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Seattle Waterfront History Interviews: Gerry Johnson, Friends of Waterfront Seattle

Gerry Johnson has been a central figure in the planning and redevelopment of Seattle's central waterfront as a board member with Friends of Waterfront Seattle. According to its website, the "Friends,"...

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Seattle Waterfront History Interviews: Grace Crunican, Seattle Department of Transportation

Grace Crunican (b. 1955) served as Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation for eight years, from 2002 to 2009. She also has held key transportation-related positions in Portland, San...

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Seattle Waterfront History Interviews: Greg Nickels, Mayor

Greg Nickels was mayor of Seattle from January 1, 2002, until December 31, 2009. In the following audio extracts he reflects on the process around replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct on Seattle's waterf...

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Seattle Waterfront History Interviews: Jared Smith, Office of the Waterfront

Jared Smith was the Head of Transportation, Policy and Planning for the City of Seattle when the Nisqually earthquake hit in 2001. He worked for the city and as an independent consultant througho...

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Seattle Waterfront History Interviews: Jason Toft, University of Washington

Jason Toft is a Principal Research Scientist in the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. In these audio cuts he speaks to HistoryLink’s Jennifer Ott and Domin...

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Seattle Waterfront History Interviews: Maggie Walker and Charley Royer, Friends of Waterfront Seattle

Maggie Walker, chair of Friends of Waterfront Seattle, joined former Seattle Mayor and fellow committee member Charley Royer on July 23, 2022, to talk about how they designed the process around reimag...

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Seattle Waterfront History Interviews: Marshall Foster, Office of the Waterfront

Marshall Foster has helped shape Seattle's reimagined waterfront as the city's director of the Office of Waterfront and Civic Projects. In this 2022 interview with HistoryLink's Dominic Black and...

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2 Timeline Entries

Hedgebrook retreat for women writers welcomes its first guest, Jan D'Arcy, on August 2, 1988.

On August 2, 1988, the Hedgebrook retreat for women writers, located on Whidbey Island, welcomes its first guest, writer Jan D’Arcy. The retreat is the brainchild of Seattle philanthropist Nancy...

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Tacoma City Council appoints Harold Moss as mayor in a unanimous vote on January 25, 1994.

On Tuesday, January 25, 1994, in the wake of the sudden death of Mayor Jack Hyde (1934-1994), Harold Moss (1929-2020) becomes the first African American mayor of Tacoma. Hyde had asked his close frien...

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