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In the history of discrimination in the United States, the Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945 (also known as the Anti-Discrimination Law of 1945 [1] Alaska Statutes 44.12.065) [2] was the first state or territorial anti-discrimination law enacted in the United States in the 20th century.
Racial segregation in Alaska was primarily targeted at Alaska Natives. [101] In 1905, the Nelson Act specified an educational system for whites and one for indigenous Alaskans. [ 102 ] Public areas such as playgrounds, swimming pools, and theaters were also segregated. [ 103 ]
They protested the segregation of Alaska Natives in public areas and institutions, and also staged boycotts. [33] Alberta Schenck (Inupiaq) staged a well-publicized protest against segregation in a movie theater in 1944. [34] With the help of Elizabeth Peratrovich (Tlingit), the Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945 was passed, ending segregation in ...
Segregation of public facilities was barred in 1884, and the earlier miscegenation and school segregation laws were overturned in 1887. In 1953, the state enacted a law requiring that race be considered in adoption decisions which was supplanted in 1996 by Ohio's implementation of the federal multiethnic placement act (MEPA), by an ...
Elizabeth Peratrovich (née Elizabeth Jean Wanamaker; Tlingit: Ḵaax̲gal.aat [qʰaχ.ɡʌɬ.ʔatʰ]; [1] July 4, 1911 – December 1, 1958) [2] was an American civil rights activist, Grand President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, [3] and a Tlingit who worked for equality on behalf of Alaska Natives. [4]
Also important to Molly of Denali creators is including Native American and Alaska Native voices in all aspects of show production. Dorothea Gillim, the show's executive producer, says more than ...
Alaska did not ratify the 19th Amendment as it was a territory. [10] Racial segregation was practiced in Territorial Alaska toward Native Alaskans lasting until 1945 when the Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945 was signed into law banning racial segregation and discrimination making it the first law of its kind in the United States. [11]
The next year, however, Alaska passed a literacy test that was meant to suppress the votes of Natives. [24] Alaska became a segregated state with different areas and rules for non-native and indigenous people. [25] ANB protested the segregation with boycotts. [26] Governor Ernest Gruening felt that an anti-discrimination law was needed. [27]