Happy Black History month!   Northwood PTA, in collaboration with the Northwest African American Museum, encourages families to visit Seattle’s Central District and learn about  locales and moments important to Seattle’s Black history.   Our PTA has created a tour with a total of 6 stops, each with an activity for families to complete in a “Passport Brochure.” Families can complete the Passport Tour on their own, or join with other families and complete together.  Paper copies of our Central District Passport Tour are located in the Northwood main office, or print one out here.

We are grateful for parent volunteer Justin Pae who designed our Passport brochure, the Northwest African American Museum who helped highlight several locations, and Emma Spohn, PTA’s  former Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (2022-23). We could not have done this project without you all.

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Featured Businesses and Locations

• Central Cafe & Juice Bar
• Flowers Just-4-U
• Ezell's Famous Chicken
• Garfield High School
• Douglass-Truth Library
• Pratt Park

Other Places of Note

• Good Hair Salon
• Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center

For More History

• MOHAI Minute: Garfield High School 
  
  
• Seattle Urban League
  
  
• Stokely Carmichael speaks at Garfield High School, 1967
  
  History Link
  MOHAI
  
  
• Douglass Truth Library
  
  
• About the Sole Pole outside the Douglass-Truth Library 
  
  

NAAM Interactive Storytimes

• Hair Love* by Matthew A. Cherry
  
  *Now an Oscar-winning short film and Dove haircare line!
  
  
  
• Who Will You Be? by Andrea Pippins
  
  
• Full Playlist of all NAAM Interactive Storytimes