"NAACP Alaska"

At Tuesday’s hearing, Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson said that the holiday — and the history behind it — has been overlooked in the past.

Ian Hartman says he wants people who read his book to see the value in the state’s diversity. He’s expanding on his 2020 book with a new edition, “Black Lives in Alaska: A History of African Americans in the Far Northwest,” set to come out this fall.