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Jan. 27, 2022 - The Amazing Caytons
1/27/2022 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
A Victorian home in Seattle recently became a landmark.
A Victorian home in Seattle recently became a landmark because of the story it tells about a Black family’s quest for equality and respect, and why their most treasured heirloom is a clock given by Jefferson Davis.
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Crosscut Now
Jan. 27, 2022 - The Amazing Caytons
1/27/2022 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
A Victorian home in Seattle recently became a landmark because of the story it tells about a Black family’s quest for equality and respect, and why their most treasured heirloom is a clock given by Jefferson Davis.
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A modest Victorian house on Seattle's Capitol Hill tells a story of triumph and tragedy.
Mossback's Northwest host, Knute Berger, explains it was here that a black family created a legacy that spanned a century.
Horace Cayton Senior and spouse, Susie Revels, lived here in the early 1900s.
They publish a popular newspaper called "The Seattle Republican" and were influential in state GOP politics, but racist waves swept through the city, and the family was driven from Capitol Hill.
The newspaper folded.
The Cayton's children became civil rights activists, writers, and scholars.
Across the street, the first black president of the United States would spend the first year of his life.
Barack Obama's mother rented an apartment there while a UDUB student.
The Cayton's- Revels House is now a historical landmark.
I'm Starla Sampaco, find more episodes of Mossbacks Northwest on Crosscut.com.
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