Fighter in velvet gloves Alaska civil rights hero Elizabeth Peratrovich
"'No Natives or Dogs Allowed' blared the storefront sign at the young Tlingit Indian girl. The sting of those words would stay with Elizabeth Peratrovich all her life. Years later, a seasoned fighter for equality, she would deliver her own eloquent message. One that helped change Alaska and the nati...
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Fairbanks :
University of Alaska Press,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Elizabeth Peratrovich's parents
- Growing up the Alaska native way
- School days
- Citizenship, a terrible sign, and Kayhi
- Marriage and Klawock
- The capital city
- Separate schools
- The native vote
- Meeting with the governor
- The orphanage
- Laying the groundwork by airplane
- Grand presidents
- The big day
- Carefully chosen words
- What happened next
- A quiet ending.
