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  Ch'atx'eetsal Chok, Kwaiitryah haa. My Caribou Hide Shirt With My Caribou Leg Skin Boots.

  The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964. Leading up to the passage of this act, there was a lot of prejudice and discrimination practiced towards minority populations in the U.S. Segregation was a common, this included separate public facilities such as bathrooms, water fountains, buses, housing, jobs, schools, and limited services. Many black people started marching to protest these inequalities. People like Rosa Parks refused to accept unfair discrimination in a free country. Rosa would not give up her bus seat to a white man and was arrested. Many minority people were not allowed to access public services. There were many incidences all over the US.     During this, many black and minority people started marching, protesting and rioting out on the streets for equal rights.  It turned violent, two great leaders, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were assassinated.      There were a lot of segregation here in Alaska also. My father and many o...

                                          The influence of the Great Depression 1929-1939  Many people suffered and died due to the stock market crash in October 1929. It started in the U.S. The stock market went down 20% of its value. Money, food and jobs was scarce throughout the land. Many people went hungry and they suffered.  Food and soup lines were open to feed the poor and hungry people every where.      The US Government even created a program, called, The Works Progress Administration or WPA. This WPA program helped created jobs to many people. A part of this federal program was the arts projects. Many artist was hired to create many painted art work on public places and building, even sculptures were created. Artist even painted scene of our great Alaskan wilderness. It can all be found in Anchorage museums. Many musicians and other were hired to ...