| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 502 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Ch. 1: Ain't God Good to Fairbanks; Ch .2: The Progress Edition; Ch. 3: Statehood Now!; Ch. 4: Breaking Stories and Making News; Ch. 5: The New "Ike Age" in Alaska; Ch. 6: The Rise of Ted Stevens; Ch. 7: States' Rights and Civil Rights; Ch. 8: "We Are Right andCongress Is Wrong"; Ch. 9: "Giveaway McKay" and"The Garbage Man"; Ch. 10: "Start Acting LikeLadies and Gentlemen"; Ch. 11: The Seaton Revolution; Ch.12: "Second-Class Citizens"and the "Lunatic Fringe"; Ch. 13: Mixing Oil and Politics; Ch. 14: "The Lord and Lyndon." |
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Ch.15: "A Snowball in Hell"Ch.16: The Power of the Press; Ch.17: The Last Resort; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
When Alaskans in the 1950s demanded an end to ""second-class citizenship"" of territorial status, southern powerbrokers on Capitol Hill were the primary obstacles. They feared a forty-ninth state would tip the balance of power against segregation, and therefore keeping Alaska out of the Union was simply another means of keeping black children out of white schools. C.W. ""Bill"" Snedden, the publisher of America's farthest north daily newspaper, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, helped lead the battle of the Far North against the Deep South. Working behind the scenes with his protege, a young atto |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Snedden, Charles Willis, 1913-1989.
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Snedden, Charles Willis, 1913-1989 fast |
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Fairbanks daily news-miner -- History
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Fairbanks daily news-miner fast |
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Statehood (American politics)
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Newspaper editors -- Alaska -- Biography
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Newspaper editors
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Politics and government
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Statehood (American politics)
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Alaska -- Politics and government -- 1867-1959. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003158
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Alaska -- Biography
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Alaska
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010021044 |
| ISBN |
9781883309077 |
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1883309077 |
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