Anti-war protests, race riots — 1968 in Seattle looked a lot like it did in the rest of the country

• Jan. 26: The FBI arrests seven men for conspiring in a plan to rob four banks, blow up the Redmond police station and dynamite a power plant in Redmond. Some of the men were members of the right-wing, anti-Communist Minutemen organization. • Feb. 7: The song “Angel of the Morning,” which has been recorded by just about everyone except Black Sabbath, is released by Merrilee Rush, a 24-year-old Shoreline High School graduate from Lake Forest Park. It becomes a massive hit, and Rush is nominated for a Grammy in the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance category. She loses to Dionne Warwick (“Do You Know the Way to San Jose?”). Also nominated, and coming up short that year: Barbra Streisand and Aretha Franklin. • Feb. 12: Jimi Hendrix, who hasn’t played in his hometown since 1961, returns as a superstar, playing a sold-out show at Seattle Center Arena. He spoke briefly the next day at his former high school, Garfield. He died 2½ years later, at age 27. Anger and Activism: When it comes to protests and injustice, not enough has changed in the past 50 years Anti-war protests, race riots — 1968 in Seattle looked a lot like it… Read full this story

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