Air Quality – Alert

09/25/2025 Nativegrl77

Update: For Sept 23-26 (Wed-Fri): Wed 9am update. Air quality is currently UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS to UNHEALTHY in Eastern King and Snohomish Counties due to wildfire smoke.

We will update this forecast as conditions change. http://www.pscleanair.gov

Wed, Sep 24, 9:40 AM PDT to Thu, Sep 25, 9:45 AM PDT

Air Quality Alert issued September 24 at 9:40AM PDT by NWS Seattle WA

An Air Quality Alert for Smoke has been issued by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency until noon PDT Wednesday for King and Snohomish Counties.

Air quality is currently unhealthy to sensitive groups to unhealthy in eastern Snohomish County and northeast King County this morning.

Westerly winds are expected to pick up this afternoon, which should clear out most of the smoke. No major smoke impacts are expected for the rest of the week.

Try to reduce exposure by limiting time outside, avoiding strenuous outdoor activities, and following tips for cleaner indoor air.

For current air quality conditions and additional information visit pscleanair.gov.

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The Little Rock Nine …

09/24/2025 Nativegrl77

The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine black students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957.

This Day in Black History: Sept. 24, 1957

President Dwight D. Eisenhower orders federal troops to escort nine Black students, nicknamed the “Little Rock Nine,” into the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sept. 24, 1957.

On Sept. 24, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered units of U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division to escort nine Black students, nicknamed the “Little Rock Nine,” into the previously all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

In the weeks before, the students were refused entry by the Arkansas National Guard and mobs of segregationists gathered to block the doors, abusing the Black teens with obscenities and death threats.

The “Little Rock Nine” attended their first full day of class on Sept. 25, 1957, and to ensure their safety, the federal officers were ordered to escort them to classes throughout the school year. Two of the students, Jefferson Thomas and Thelma Mothershed, earned their diploma from Central High School in 1960. A third member, Carlotta Walls, earned hers through correspondence classes. The remaining six students completed their high school educations at other schools.

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Written by Britt Middleton

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They fought for our right to vote and suffered… We must Vote!

09/23/2025 Nativegrl77

This post had to be reposted as we count down to the 2022 midterms

Over 50 years ago, African-Americans made up 45% of Mississippi’s population, but fewer than 7% of Mississippians were registered to vote.

In June of 1964, civil rights groups came together to kick off Freedom Summer, a 10-week campaign to dramatically increase the number of registered black voters in the state.

More than 1,000 volunteers of all races and colors, from all over the nation, traveled to Mississippi to do this important work. While there, youth volunteers and their black Mississippian supporters suffered unimaginable levels of vitriol and violence, but they did not stop fighting for what was right.

In the end, Freedom Summer emerged as a defining moment in the civil rights movement, pushing our country one step closer to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The best way we can honor the work, bravery, and sacrifice of the Freedom Summer volunteers is to exercise the right they fought for so diligently.

Honor the mission of Freedom Summer by pledging to vote in this year’s midterm election.

The extremely low levels of black voter registration in the South were fueled by generations of discriminatory elections practices. States were legally able to hold whites-only primaries, collect poll taxes, and administer literacy tests. When legal barriers weren’t enough, lynchings and bombings—threats and fulfilled promises—kept even more African-Americans away from the polls.

Fifty years later, legislators are attempting to take us backward to 1964, weakening the VRA, making it ever harder for the poor and people of color to have their voices heard at the polls.

Don’t allow these lawmakers to roll back history. They can only win and keep their seats in office when people like you and I stay home during midterm elections.

Raise your voice against those who seek to violate civil rights and human rights. Make a pledge to vote this November:

http://action.naacp.org/My-Vote-2014

In solidarity,

Lorraine C. Miller
Interim President and CEO
NAACP