Black lives in Alaska : a history of African Americans in the far Northwest /

"The history of African-descended peoples in Alaska runs deep and spans generations. Decades before statehood and earlier even than the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s, Black men and women participated in Alaska's politics and culture. They hunted for whales, patrolled the seas, built road...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Hartman, Ian C. (Author), Reamer, David (Author)
Other Authors: Williams, Calvin E. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2022]
Subjects:
African Americans > Alaska > History.
Noirs américains > Alaska > Histoire.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
African Americans.
Race relations.
Alaska > History.
Alaska > Race relations.
Alaska > Histoire.
Alaska > Relations raciales.
Alaska.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Calvin E. Williams
  • Introduction : Black history in unlikely places
  • Black exploration, labor, and travel in the icy Northwest
  • Black in the Gold Rush era
  • The World War era and a New Alaska
  • Discrimination, opportunity, and community in postwar Alaska
  • Civil rights under the northern lights
  • Black Alaska during the oil boom
  • Criminal justice, law enforcement, and race in urban Alaska
  • Resentment, resilience, and cultural rejuvenation at century's end
  • Conclusion: The black past meets contemporary Alaska.

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