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April 14, 2022

‘Soul Pole' reinstalled in Central District

By JOURNAL STAFF

Photo courtesy of The Seattle Public Library [enlarge]
The Soul Pole was installed two years before the library was renamed in honor of abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth.

Earlier this month, a 21-foot-tall carved wooden sculpture known as the “Soul Pole” was reinstalled on the front lawn of Seattle Public Library's Douglass-Truth branch in the Central District. The art work represents 400 years of African American History and was carved in 1969 by six artists associated with Seattle Rotary Boys Club. It was gifted to the library in 1972 and installed at the branch in 1973.


 
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