Movie Description
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
(2009)Overview
In 1867, when the United States purchased the Alaska territory, the promise of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights didn't apply to Alaska Natives. Their struggle to win justice is one of the great, untold chapters of the American civil rights movement, culminating at the violent peak of World War II with the passage of one of the nation's first equal rights laws.
Featured Crew
- Director : Jeffry Lloyd Silverman,Phil Lucas
- Producer : Jeffry Lloyd Silverman
- Writer : Diane E. Benson,Jeffry Lloyd Silverman,Stevan M. Smith
- Editor : Stevan M. Smith
- Cast : Peter Coyote,Diane E. Benson,Alan Hayton,Peter Freer,Edward Christian,Mike Peterson,Jerry Demmert,Kent Pillsbury
Cast
Self - Narrator (voice)
Elizabeth Peratrovich
Roy Peratrovich
Chairman Green
Senator Shattuck
Senator Walker
Senator Whaley
Senator Scott
Facts
Original TitleFor the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
Status Released
Release Information
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2009-11-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 57m
Production CompaniesBlueberry's Production
Genres
- Documentary
