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For the record: from an e-mail received from an anonymous source:

Re ‘Anna Obama’

“That area was segregated. Links provided.

She might have lived there, but I doubt Obama lived there with her”

http://seattle.metblogs.com/tag/history/

“This link has a letter that shows segregated SEATTLE neighborhoods stayed that way until LATE 1968.”

Excerpt:

After a series of examples of public protest such as a sit-in and marches through the years 1961 to 1963, the city council finally sent the opening housing ordinance to voters on March 10th, 1964 where it was defeated by a landslide. The next for years, the civil rights movement fought the battle at a national level, with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King’s and other leaders spreading hope through out the country.

“Finally, on April 19, 1968, three weeks after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., an open housing ordinance was passed unanimously by the City Council, with an emergency clause to make it effective immediately. It was signed by the Mayor the same day.” (Seattle Municipal Archives)

Today, when we remember Martin Luther King, Jr., we can reflect on the effects his work produced in our own community.>>>

http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/database.htm

“This link shows that the Capitol Hill area where Ann Obama lived in 1961 was SEGREGATED...in fact, ALL Capital Hill areas were Segregated. Most of these DEEDS have a 1920 beginning date!”

Excerpt of one Capitol Hill neighborhood. The link above that is the database link shows ALL capitol hill neighborhoods and the convenants>>

Capitol Hill-Steven’s neighborhood Capitol Hill Division 6 and Madison Heights The parties hereto signing and executing this instrument and the several like instruments relating to their several properties in said district, hereby mutually covenant, promise and agree each with the others, and for their respective heirs and assigns, that no part of said lands owned by them as described following their signatures to this instrument, shall never be used, occupied by or sold, conveyed, leased, rented or given to Negroes, or any person or persons of the Negro blood.

McKinnon, et al. 2/11/1928 block 1 of Madison Heights and block 49 of Capitol Hill Div. 6 1391 12 Carolyn Lind This Capitol Hill covenant was signed by Colin and Louise McKinnon (Capitol Hill Div. 6, Lot 2, blk 49); Ashod Lilian (Capitol Hill Div 6, blot 1, blk 49); Chas and Nellie O’Brian (Madison Heights lot 6, blk 1); George and Bertha Keiter (Madison Heights lot 5, blk 1); EL and Sophia Gardner (Madison Heights lot 1 blk 1); john and Margaret Borrows lot 7&8 blk 1 Madison Heights); RP and Laura Payne (Madison Heights lot 2 blk 1); Stephan and Cora Wyck (Madison Heights lot 3, blk 1); AP Adams (Madison heights lot 9 blk 1) city >>>>

http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/segregated.htm