03105nam 2200613Ia 450 991080853550332120200520144314.01-883309-07-7(CKB)2550000000111277(EBL)1820950(SSID)ssj0000689108(PQKBManifestationID)11388073(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000689108(PQKBWorkID)10613053(PQKB)11498778(MiAaPQ)EBC1820950(Au-PeEL)EBL1820950(CaPaEBR)ebr10595454(OCoLC)893740930(OCoLC)801409290(MdBmJHUP)musev2_110923(EXLCZ)99255000000011127720100524d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFighting for the forty-ninth star C.W. Snedden and the crusade for Alaska statehood /Terrence Cole1st ed.Fairbanks, AK University of Alaska Foundationc20101 online resource (520 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-883309-06-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Statehood (American politics)Newspaper editorsAlaskaBiographyAlaskaPolitics and government1867-1959AlaskaBiographyStatehood (American politics)Newspaper editors979.8/02092BCole Terrence1953-1633885MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808535503321Fighting for the forty-ninth star4060886UNINA