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AI: I think I remember someone telling me that around that time in the '50s as you were raising your kids, you also got involved with the open housing effort. Can you tell me a little bit about that? How did you get involved?

AK: Yes. Well, you know, well, when we were looking for housing, and we found all these barriers. And we found out that we had restrictive housing.

AI: You mean, barriers like discrimination?

AK: Discrimination, where you can live, and this and that. And that, so, I just... and I don't know if you would say I was a joiner, I guess possibly. I just knew that was the right thing to do, so I just got involved in, with the group.

AI: What were some of your main activities for open housing?

AK: Protesting, and identifying different real estate companies and areas where discrimination existed. And mainly identifying the groups that were actually practicing this discrimination.

AI: Was this -- I'm not familiar with this -- so can you tell me, was this a multiracial effort here in Seattle?

AK: Yes. And the Quakers had a lot to do with it.

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