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House Bill 14, known generally as the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, was the first anti-discrimination law in Alaskan history. The law made it illegal to discriminate based on race. The bill was approved on Feb. 16, 1945 by the Alaskan Territorial Legislature.
The Alaska Equal Rights Act was the first anti-discrimination law passed in the United States. The passage of the law abolished Jim Crow laws in Alaska. The United States Mint commemorated the passage of the law and Elizabeth Peratrovich on the one-dollar coin in 2020.
Feb 17, 2021 · The anti-discrimination bill Peratrovich is known for was originally voted down in 1943, before passing in 1945. There’s no recorded audio of Peratrovich’s famous speech that year, but there ...
Alaska civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich (Ḵaax̱gal.aat) (1911–1958), who was Raven of the Tlingit Lukaax.ádi clan, was a major force behind the passage of Alaska’s Anti-Discrimination Bill in 1945.
House Bill 14, Chapter 2, an Act, known as the Anti-Discrimination Act, was approved on February 16, 1945 as part of the Seventeenth Regular Session, Territorial Legislature of Alaska. The Anti-Discrimination Act is considered a landmark piece of Civil Rights legislation in Alaska.
The Alaska Equal Rights Act legislation originally was brought to the Alaska legislature in 1943 but failed. When the bill was taken up by the Alaska legislature again, in 1945, Peratrovich left a lasting mark when she challenged the discriminatory and racist comments expressed by Senator Allen Shattuck.
