Fighting for the Forty-Ninth Star

Fighting for the Forty-Ninth Star

Author: Terrence Cole

Publisher: University of Alaska Press

Published: 2010-12-15

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 1883309069

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Discusses the role of C. W. "Bill" Snedden, owner and publisher of the "Fairbanks Daily News-Miner," and his protege Ted Stevens, a young attorney, in mounting a campaign to win statehood for Alaska in the 1950s, and tells of the opposition they faced from segregationists who feared Alaska would open the door to Hawaii, and the addition of four new senators would lead to the passage of civil rights legislation.


Then Fight for It!

Then Fight for It!

Author: Fred Paul

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1552129462

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Additional keywords: land claims, negotiations, fisheries, Klukwan, pulp mills, land freeze, pipeline, Inupiat, oil companies, Tlingit, Haida, justice, wealth.


Congressional Record

Congressional Record

Author: United States. Congress

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 1528

ISBN-13:

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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)