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| 1903 | 2 |
| 1904 | 3 |
5 stories matching olivet
- A Pastor Rebuts Rumors of Anti-Labor Plots
Rev. F. J. Davidson of the Olivet Baptist church addresses persistent, unfounded fears that a new organization of local Black men was created to undermine unions or facilitate mass migration.
- The Moses of Tacoma
A Tacoma minister initiates an ambitious, secret plan to assist Black families fleeing the Jim Crow South for the Pacific Northwest.
- A Great Migration Toward the Pacific
Rev. J.E. Davidson leads a group of twenty-five Southern families to settle in Puget Sound, the beginning of a larger organized movement to escape racial violence.
- Black Workers Organize for Fair Employment
After facing widespread discrimination from employers and fellow workers, Tacoma’s Black community gathers to demand equal opportunity.
- Farmer’s Descent Ends in City Jail
After years of heavy drinking, a once-prosperous Walla Walla farmer takes his own life while held in city custody.