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Munro: Olympia’s African American Trailblazers

Articles, Summer 2012By Olympia Historical Society April 27, 2012

Ralph Munro, Secretary of State 1980-2001 resident of Olympia since 1966 Secretary Munro offered following remarks at a First United Methodist Church in Olympia on January 29, 2012 in recognition of their life’s work to further civil rights in Thurston County. Olympia was a different place in the 1950s, ’60s and early ’70s. Much smaller:…

Derricott: Bush Prairie Farm, Then and Now

ArticlesBy Olympia Historical Society June 8, 2011

Bush Prairie Farm, Then and Now By Mark Derricott, Editor It is not often that the present so starkly meets the past, but it is actually happening this year. Two relatively recent developments have compellingly confirmed this development. Most of you are familiar with the first: our own Deborah Ross’s book, Konrad and Albertina, which reconstructs…