Black students in Washington state played key role in the Civil Rights Movement, new book states
- Written by Marc Arsell Robinson, Assistant Professor of History, California State University, San Bernardino
A protest led by the Black Student Union at the University of Washington at Seattle, 1968. Emile Pitre CollectionWhen it comes to civil rights history, the focus is often on the marches, boycotts, sit-ins and other protests that took place in the South. In “Washington State Rising,” Marc Arsell Robinson, assistant professor of African...