harold wright

author  •  electrical contractor
entrepreneur
  •  scholar  •  activist
marine
  •  husband  •  father
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  • Freedom
  • Reconstruction
  • Pain Inflicted by a Nation
  • Light Rail in the Valley
  • Radiant
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  • Birth place: New York, NY, Raised in Virginia
  • Graduated: George Washington Carver Regional High School in Rapidan Virginia in 1957
  • Spent three years in the United States Marine Corps
  • Married, one daughter
  • Completed electrical apprenticeship training in NYC
  • Worked as an electrician from 1960 to 1972
  • Migrated to Seattle Washington in 1966
  • Started Wright, Inc. Electrical Contractors in 1972 to present
  • Worked on public works projects and private contracts over the thirty nine years of being in business
Participated in many community based organizations that pertained to either labor or contracting issues in Seattle:
  • The Lindberg Decision, dealing with special apprentices
  • Seattle Model City's Economic Task Force
  • United Construction Workers (UCWA), a well respected Minority workers group
  • Central Contractors Association (CCA), a well respected Contractors Organization
  • Community Coalition for Contracts and Jobs. (CCCJ), the most recent  top of the line organization that help minority and other small companies
  • Black Builders Association, (BBA), an organization of very qualified construction builders located in the Seattle area
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We met at a pivotal point in Seattle, over forty years ago, fighting for our history for justice in an effort to become building tradesmen in the construction industry. During that period of time Wright displayed a no-nonsense and principled honesty that has withstood the test of time.
Todd L. Hawkins, Community Activist
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  • Home
  • About Harold
  • Wright, Inc.
  • Freedom
  • Reconstruction
  • Pain Inflicted by a Nation
  • Light Rail in the Valley
  • Radiant
  • Contact