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Jan 31, 2020 · ASL-P597-2159. 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. This legislation was initially proposed by the Alaska Native ...
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. The law, signed on February 16, 1945, prevents and ...
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. During public comments, Peratrovich famously approached the podium and responded to concerns that the measure would aggravate racial ...
The date was later changed to February 16 in observance of the day in 1945 on which the Anti-Discrimination Act was approved (Alaska Statutes 44.12.065). [1] [3] [28] The Elizabeth Peratrovich Award was established in her honor by the Alaska Native Sisterhood .
Mar 26, 2018 · The passage of the Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945, fourteen years before statehood, and nearly two decades before the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, did not, of course, end discrimination. But it made discrimination illegal for the first time in the United States, and set an important precedent for all future anti-discrimination laws.
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