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The Seattle Open Housing Campaign, 1959-1968 - Home
Introduction
Restrictive Covenants
O'Meara v. Washington State Board Against Discrimination
State Fair Housing Legislation
The NAACP Request
The Citizens' Advisory Committee on Minority Housing
Protest: Sit-in and Freedom March, 1963
"An Open Hearing for Closed Minds"
The People Vote
Years of Ferment: 1964-1967
Open Housing, 1968
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The Seattle Open Housing Campaign, 1959-1968

Wing Luke
City Council member Wing Luke, an ardent proponent of open housing, helped draft the 1963 Ordinance, but then voted against it when the majority on the Council voted to strip out the emergency clause.

Courtesy: Seattle Engineering Department Negatives, Item number 55218.
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