El Centro de la Raza in Seattle, Washington, United States, is an educational, cultural, and social service agency, centered in the Latino/Chicano community and headquartered in the former Beacon Hill Elementary School on Seattle's Beacon Hill.[1] It was founded in 1972 and continues to serve clients in Seattle, King County and beyond.[2] It is considered a significant part of civil rights history in the Pacific Northwest.[3]
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- ^ Hutchison, Patrick (March 3, 2015). "El Centro de La Raza Supports Seattle's Latino Population With a Special Kind of Cooking School". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ Castaneda, Oscar Rosales (November 24, 2006). "Chicano/Latino Activism in Seattle, 1960s-1970s". HistoryLink.org. Retrieved 23 March 2015.