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Fighter in Velvet Gloves
by Annie Boochever
Ages: 12+
Published: 2019
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 978-1-60223-370-6
Keywords: Tlingit, Civil rights, Diversity, Indians of North America
Angered by the signs in Alaska saying “No Natives or Dogs Allowed,” and other discriminations, this native became a civil rights leader and helped pass the Alaskan Anti-Discrimination Act in 1945. Photographs, time line, glossary, bibliography.