Throwback City
Stories from Seattle and Puget Sound's past that resonate today.
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These Black Panthers marched on Seattle streets 50 years ago
Madrona is a posh Seattle neighborhood with million-dollar homes. But 50 years ago, at the playground here, it was where hundreds of Black Panthers...
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The tragic story behind Seattle’s biggest cemetery
Seattle’s biggest cemetery begins with a tragic story.
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How Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy lives on in King County
Fifty years ago today, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered on a balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. Decades later, a motion passed in the King...
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When Bruce Lee was an unknown, everyday guy
Before he was a martial arts icon, Bruce Lee was a poet, philosopher and fledgling instructor in Seattle. Now there’s an exhibit at the Wing Luke Museum...
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Is Seattle a hockey town? More than you might realize
Kim Malcolm talks with Jeff Obermeyer about the history of professional hockey in Seattle. Obermeyer runs the Seattle Hockey website and is author of...
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How this Seattle family brought oysters back from the brink
Oysters are a cornerstone of Pacific Northwest cuisine. But there was a time when our region’s oysters were in trouble, all but obliterated by over...
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How Chief Seattle mistakenly inspired an environmental movement
“The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth.” These words are from an 1854 speech that made Chief Seattle famous, inspiring environmental...
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A rare move by Chief Seattle changed the future of the city
Chief Seattle was the leader of the Duwamish tribe in the days when white settlers were entering the region that would eventually bear his name. The...
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Seattle doctor’s radical idea saves 70,000 people a year
There was a time when the cure for leukemia was almost as lethal as the disease. Before bone marrow transplants, patients were treated with arsenic or...
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How one woman staked a claim for art in Seattle
When Nellie Cornish arrived in Seattle in 1900, she was a 24-year-old piano teacher looking to make a living in a city that was more hospitable to Gold...
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Meet Bill Boeing, the granddaddy of Seattle’s tech scene
On any given weekday morning, thousands of young professionals flood the streets in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. Their identical black...
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How the Old South is felt in the Northwest
We originally aired this story on January 19, 2007. Statues commemorating Confederate figures have been the source of tension, protests and removal this...