Tag: Al Smith

Documenting the Dynamic Black Community of 1940s Seattle In the 1940s, Al Smith documented a heroic period for Seattle jazz in the integrated establishments of Jackson Street, where African-American performers and customers were embraced. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/lens/documenting-the-dynamic-black-community-of-1940s-seattle.html The image appears in “Seattle on the Spot: The Photographs of Al Smith,” an exhibition at the Museum of…