Ernestine Anderson was an American jazz and blues singer. In a career spanning more than six decades, she recorded over 30 albums. She was nominated four times for a Grammy Award. She sang at Carnegie
Ernestine Anderson in 2008
The Central District is a mostly residential neighborhood in Seattle located east of downtown and First Hill ; west of Madrona, Leschi and Mt. Baker neighborhoods; south of Capitol Hill, and north of
Firehouse Mini Park and the Cherry Hill Community Center: the former Firehouse No. 23, headquarters of the Central Area Motivation Program. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The People's Wall, painted in 1970 by Dion Henderson, is the last remnant of the Second Headquarters of the Seattle Black Panther Party. Photographed 2023.
Athlete, musician, and community activist Powell Barnett (second from left) in 1970, looking at the plans for the park named after him on the east side of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way (then Empire Way) between E. Alder and E. Jefferson Streets.