Alberta Schenck Adams

Alberta Schenck Adams
Born
Alberta Schenck

June 1, 1928
Nome, Alaska
DiedJuly 6, 2009(2009-07-06) (aged 81)
Anaheim, California
Resting placeAnchorage Memorial Park Cemetery
Known forChallenging Alaska's segregation practices
ChildrenMaryJill, Yvonne Rose

Alberta Daisy Schenck Adams (June 1, 1928 – July 6, 2009) was a teenage civil rights activist in the struggle for equality by the indigenous peoples in the United States Territory of Alaska. Her 1944 challenge to segregation practices was cited during the Territorial Legislature's proceedings in passage of Alaska's 1945 anti-discrimination law,[1] a decade before the Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawed segregation in public schools,[2] and before Rosa Parks in Alabama sparked a public bus boycott by refusing to give up her seat to a white person.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AWHF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ United States Government (2004). Congressional Record, V. 150, Pt. 6, April 20, 2004 to May 4, 2004. United States Government Printing Office. p. 8169. ISBN 978-0-16-082976-5.
  3. ^ McCarthy, Ronald; Sharp, Gene; Bennett, Brad (1997). Nonviolent Action: A Research Guide. Routledge. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-8153-1577-3.