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As our nation and state struggles to contend with racial justice with the Black Lives Matter movement, Alaska honored its own hero in the civil rights movement, Elizabeth Peratrovich, who is credited with pushing through Alaska s Anti-Discrimination Act in 1945. Peratrovich s story is an impressive one, rivaling the stories of the likes of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King. In a New York Times story earlier this year, the history of how she came to lead the early fight for civil rights for Alaska Natives noted that it was a sign on a hotel door that inspired her activism. No Natives Allowed, the sign read. ....
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KETCHIKAN (KDN) â Google on Wednesday replaced its search page logo with an illustration of civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich, to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the day she and her husband wrote a letter to Alaska s territorial governor demanding equal rights for Alaska Natives. The Google Doodle, illustrated by Sitka artist Michaela Goade, depicts Peratrovich speaking at a lectern, evoking her impassioned remarks for equal rights delivered to the territorial Senate in 1945. Behind her is a blue raven drawn in a traditional formline style, wings spread, holding the sun in his mouth. Speaking with Google in a Q&A for the doodle, Goade said she was honored to be approached for the project. ....
Elizabeth Peratrovich Sometimes I can get a little paranoid, and today was one of those times. Look at that gorgeous Google doodle for today. I spend a certain amount of time looking at Alaskan legend as a source of art images for my quilting, so when I saw the Google doodle, I thought it was one of those targeted things. Not so. As it turns out, it is a doodle honoring an Alaskan Tlingit woman, Elizabeth Peratrovich. I’ve taken the following from Wikipedia (to which I donate, so I am comfortable sharing what they have to say. I love that it is updated to show today’s doodle.) This woman was something special: ....