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5 stories matching interraci

  1. Vigilante Mob Targets Interracial Couple in Walla Walla

    A masked group forcibly removed a man and his wife from their home, subjecting them to a brutal public assault.

    Jun 10, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyExclusion & Resistance

  2. An Interracial Wedding Sparks Public Outrage

    Helen Gladys Emery leaves her California home to marry a Japanese man in Tacoma, facing mobs and hostile crowds along the way.

    Mar 25, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyExclusion & Resistance · Scandal

  3. An Interracial Marriage Scandal in Whatcom

    A young man files for divorce, alleging his wealthy widow wife treated him as a menial servant and schemed to discard him for a new husband.

    Mar 22, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBellingham, Whatcom CountyScandal

  4. An Editorial on Local Interracial Marriage

    A 1909 Labor Journal editorial comments on a marriage between a white woman and a Japanese man in Seattle, reflecting the racial tensions of the era.

    Apr 8, 1909The Labor JournalSeattle, King CountyExclusion & Resistance · Scandal

  5. An Interracial Marriage in 1887 Seattle

    A white woman’s decision to marry a Chinese man and adapt to his life in a hostile era.

    Mar 12, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerWashington St, Seattle, King CountyExclusion & Resistance · Scandal

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