13 min
Ep. 3: Florestine "Flo" Ware Long Shadows of Seattle
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- History
In this episode of Long Shadows of Seattle, host Stellan Harris covers the history of Forestine "Flo" Ware (1915-1981). Ware moved to Seattle in 1940 and became a business owner in the late 1950's. She known for being a caravan leader of the Poor People's campaign and running for the House of Representatives with a platform to support poor, Black community members of Seattle.
Long Shadows of Seattle is a podcast project made in cooperation with the University of Washington. Sources from this episode are from the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections and Blackpast.org. The finding aid for the Florestine Ware Papers can be found here.
Music by Blue Dot Sessions at www.sessions.blue.
In this episode of Long Shadows of Seattle, host Stellan Harris covers the history of Forestine "Flo" Ware (1915-1981). Ware moved to Seattle in 1940 and became a business owner in the late 1950's. She known for being a caravan leader of the Poor People's campaign and running for the House of Representatives with a platform to support poor, Black community members of Seattle.
Long Shadows of Seattle is a podcast project made in cooperation with the University of Washington. Sources from this episode are from the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections and Blackpast.org. The finding aid for the Florestine Ware Papers can be found here.
Music by Blue Dot Sessions at www.sessions.blue.
13 min