Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich Cover:Paperback A Kirkus Best Book of

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Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich Cover:Paperback A Kirkus Best Book ofNo Natives or Dogs Allowed, blared the storefront sign at Elizabeth Peratrovich, then a young Alaska Native Tlingit. The sting of those words would stay with her all her life. Years later, after becoming a seasoned fighter for equality, she would deliver her own powerful message: one that helped change Alaska and the nation forever. In 1945, Peratrovich stood before the Alaska Territorial Legislative Session and gave a powerful speech about her