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The People's Wall

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The mural stood on the east side of what was then the BPP chapter headquarters in Seattle, the second building to serve that purpose (which it served from 1969 to either 1971 or 1972). The building was torn down very shortly thereafter, but as of 2023 the retaining wall and mural remain. The mural
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The wall is dedicated to nine fallen Panthers: Sydney Miller, Welton Butch Armstead, Albert Postel, Larry War, Lewis Jackson, Maud Allen, Carolyn Downs, Jim Graves and Henry Boyer.
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Public art in the library includes two mural portraits, painted by Eddie Walker, which depict Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth.
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Eddie Walker, who retouched the wall in 2008, was a key figure in founding the Ethnic Cultural Center at the
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an Exclusive Excerpt: Seattle Black Panther Party Headquarters
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that was commissioned in 1969 by the Seattle chapter of the
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Seattle Black Panther Party History and Memory Project
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was retouched in 2008 by Seattle artist Eddie Walker.
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Seattle
Coordinates
47°36′12.2″N 122°18′23.4″W / 47.603389°N 122.306500°W / 47.603389; -122.306500
Central District
Squire Park
Seattle
mural
Black Panther Party

University of Washington
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
Seattle Black Panther Party History and Memory Project
"Second Headquarters of the Seattle Black Panther Party and The People's Wall"


"The People's Wall"
"Discover the Art All Around Us!"
"The Kelly ECC at 50"
"Report on Designation - Douglass-Truth Library"
Ghosts of Seattle Past, an Exclusive Excerpt: Seattle Black Panther Party Headquarters
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Central District, Seattle
Bullitt Center
Douglass–Truth Branch Library
Fire Station No. 23
Garfield High School

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