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For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska

In 1867, when the United States purchased the Alaska territory, the promise of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights didn't apply to Alaska Natives. Their struggle to win justice is one of the great, untold chapters of the American civil rights movement, culminating at the violent peak of World War II with the passage of one of the nation's first equal rights laws.

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  • Peter Coyote

    Peter Coyote

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Diane E. Benson

    Diane E. Benson

    Elizabeth Peratrovich

  • Alan Hayton

    Alan Hayton

    Roy Peratrovich

  • Peter Freer

    Peter Freer

    Chairman Green

  • Edward Christian

    Edward Christian

    Senator Shattuck

  • Mike Peterson

    Mike Peterson

    Senator Walker

  • Jerry Demmert

    Jerry Demmert

    Senator Whaley

  • Kent Pillsbury

    Kent Pillsbury

    Senator Scott

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In 1867, when the United States purchased the Alaska territory, the promise of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights didn't apply to Alaska Natives. Their struggle to win justice is one of the great, untold chapters of the American civil rights movement, culminating at the violent peak of World War II with the passage of one of the nation's first equal rights laws.

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