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McSmith was one of four Black civil rights activists who held an early-1950s sit-in at an
Anchorage restaurant known to discriminate against African-Americans. The protest, at the Pagoda restaurant, may have been the first in the city. On June 8, 1953, the four went into the restaurant and
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She also proposed a fair housing law during her legislative tenure. It failed, but in 1967, a similar ordinance was approved in
Anchorage with her support. But that law did not block discrimination in lending, which continued to block Black residents’ access to better housing. McSmith told the
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Blanche Louise Preston on May 5, 1920, in Marshall, Texas. Her father, William A. Preston, was a school principal and a Baptist minister who preached against the evils of racism. Her mother, Myrtle O. Butte Preston, was a teacher. Blanche was one of three children.
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McSmith and the NAACP also fought housing discrimination. Many subdivision covenants limited homeowners and renters to “those of the White or
Caucasian race.” Such restrictions were legally unenforceable, but were socially enforced by local realtors and developers.
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Pioneer Award and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Human Relations and Community Service Award. And her hometown, Marshall, Texas, added her name to the Harrison County Museum's Wall of Distinction.
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McSmith moved from
Anchorage to Juneau in 1972 to become Public Employment Program Director in the Office of Gov. William Egan. There, she was a strong advocate for fair employment efforts aimed at ending employment discrimination.
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Angeles electrical engineer and businessman William McSmith in 1949. Later that year, William was hired for a federal job in Kodiak, Alaska Territory, and Blanche followed. They then moved to and settled in
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Anchorage, Alaska, branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP chapter was active in local and statewide efforts to fight discrimination.
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100 Years of Alaska's Legislature From Territorial Days To Today
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She ran for the seat in 1962 but lost in a 14-candidate race.
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in 1941. She received her master's degree in social work from
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McSmith had one daughter, Kymberly, and one grandson, Teedy.
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McSmith & The Alaska NAACP with the Mayor of Anchorage,
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