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100 Year Charter

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The subject of the Ku Klux Klan in Juneau is one that has long remained largely unexamined and after the information journey we've been on, it's time to start bringing some of this to light. As Mac Metcalfe wrote in 2009, “As far as I know the Klan’s presence in Juneau has always remained in the back alleys of Juneau’s collective memory.” The charter itself, however, is very real, and the documentary record survives.

What's in a Name - MLK In Anchorage

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Thinking of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today, I was reminded, unfortunately, of the 1980s Anchorage controversy surrounding the naming of the new Performing Arts Center after him and the following history of naming something in Anchorage in his honour after all.