New book on Elizabeth Peratrovich
February 13, 2019
The University of ÐÓ°Épro Press has released "," by Annie Boochever with Roy Peratrovich, Jr.As a young Tlingit girl from southeast ÐÓ°Épro, the stinging racism of the "No Natives Allowed!" signs made Elizabeth Peratrovich determined to work for change.
In 1945, when she was 34 years old, Pertrovich gave a powerful speech before a packed session of the ÐÓ°Épro Territorial Legislature. Her testimony about the evils of racism crowned years of work by ÐÓ°Épro Native peoples and their allies, and led to passage of ÐÓ°Épro's landmark Anti-Discrimination Act, nearly two decades before President Lyndon Johnson signed the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Today, ÐÓ°Éprons honor Elizabeth Peratrovich every year on Feb. 16. worked with Elizabeth Peratrovich’s eldest son, Roy Peratrovich Jr., to bring her story to life in the first book written for young teens on this remarkable ÐÓ°Épro Native woman.
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