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Fighting for the forty-ninth star : C.W. Snedden and the crusade for Alaska statehood / Terrence Cole.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cole, Terrence, 1953-2020.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Snedden, Charles Willis, 1913-1989.
- Snedden, Charles Willis.
- Fairbanks daily news-miner--History.
- Fairbanks daily news-miner.
- Statehood (American politics).
- Newspaper editors--Alaska--Biography.
- Newspaper editors.
- Alaska--Politics and government--1867-1959.
- Alaska.
- Alaska--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (520 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Fairbanks, AK : University of Alaska Foundation, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- 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."
- Ch.15: "A Snowball in Hell"Ch.16: The Power of the Press; Ch.17: The Last Resort; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781883309077
- 1883309077
- OCLC:
- 893740930
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