PBS Documentary: FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL: ENDING JIM CROW IN ALASKA

Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Native Studies, and Native American Public Telecommunications - Producer: Jeffry Silverman, Blueberry Production (Film 60 min.)
Fall 2009 APT
This program tells the true-life story of an extraordinary Alaskan woman who becomes an unlikely hero in the fight for civil rights. Elizabeth Peratrovich—a young, unassuming Tlingit Indian mother of three testified before the Alaska State Senate in 1945 and swayed the floor vote with her compelling testimony in favor of the passage of the Anti-Discrimination Bill, the first civil rights bill passed in the United States since the Civil War.
Program Website: www.alaskacivilrights.org

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