Who is Elizabeth Peratrovich? Google Doodle Honors Civil Rights Activist
On 12/30/20 at 5:50 AM EST
Today s Google Doodle honors Elizabeth Peratrovich, the Alaskan Civil Rights activist who worked tirelessly on behalf of equality for Alaska Natives and was instrumental in getting Alaska s Anti-Discrimination Act passed in 1945.
The search engine giant has chosen to pay tribute to Peratrovich with a Google Doodle a special temporary alteration to its homepage logo that commemorates holidays, events, achievements and historical figures. They picked December 30 as it was on this date in 1941, after seeing an inn door sign that said No Natives Allowed, Peratrovich and her husband decided to write to Alaska s governor. They gained his support and thus set the ball rolling towards the Anti-Discrimination Act in the territory four years later.