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<h1><span class="date">1944: </span> <span class="title">Alberta Schenck sits in Whites Only theater section</span></h1>
<p>At a time when Alaska businesses routinely post signs reading, “No dogs, no Indians,” Alberta Schenck, age 16, a mixed-race Eskimo, expresses her opposition to a movie theaters policy of relegating Alaska Natives to the back. After sitting in the “Whites Only” section, she is jailed. Schenck publishes an essay, decrying the discriminatory practices of Nome's businesses. She garners support from Nome's Mayor Marving “Muktuk” Marston and Alaska Territorial Governor Ernest Gruening, who promise to seek a legislative end to the discrimination.</p>
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<p>Letter from Alberta Schenck to the <em>Nome Nugget</em>, March 3, 1944, regarding race discrimination in the U.S. and Nome, Alaska</p>
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<p>Courtesy Alaska State Library, Nome Nuggett March 4,1944</p>
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