Spokane Reacts
No city is an island. The major historical events of 20th-century America all had their influences on Spokane.
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Carl Maxey vs. The Injustices of Spokanelocation_fillOne of Carl Maxey's earliest memories of fighting was against racism during his childhood. Maxey was adopted a…
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26 Tons of Odditylocation_fillThe world’s largest Radio Flyer wagon “The Childhood Express” sits in Spokane’s Riverfront Park. It was commis… -
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Denny Yasuhara: Community Leader, Activist, and Mentorlocation_fillDenny Yasuhara was born in Seattle in 1928. His mother died when he was an infant, so he was adopted by friend… -
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No Vacancy, Racial Bigotry Raises Its Ugly Headlocation_fillBefore the Civil Right Movements in the 1960s, Jim Crow was the law of the land. Spokane was not exempt from r… -
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Red Power in Spokanelocation_fillRed Power was a movement for American Indian rights that began in the 1960s. Nationally, the American Indian M… -
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The Timely Tale of Dodson's Jewelerslocation_fillThe pioneers of early Spokane did not live on bread alone. The rough frontier boomtown of the 1880s hosted lux… -
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Chasing Civil Libertieslocation_fillBorn at the end of December 1918 in Spokane, Eleanor Barrow Chase was the third-generation of her family to li… -
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Camp Seven Milelocation_fillWith unemployment during the Great Depression reaching nearly 25% in Spokane, thousands of young men in the In… -
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The Burch Brothers Go to Warlocation_fillWhen the United States entered the First World War in 1917, many young men in Spokane rushed to join the Army … -
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They Called Him The Sphinxlocation_fillIn the house that once sat on this corner of 1st and Hemlock lived Robert E Strahorn. Few men can be said to h… -
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This is Insulting to Womenlocation_fillThe year is 1973 and upon a shelf in a local bookstore you come across The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan.…
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