An edition of Race Work (2005)
Race Work
The Rise of Civil Rights in the Urban West (Race and Ethnicity in the American West)
By Matthew C. Whitaker
Publish Date
September 1, 2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Language
eng
Pages
416
Description:
Tells the story of Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale, African American activists who led the movement to desegregate Phoenix, Arizona, in the years following World War II; and through the story of their efforts presents an account of white supremacy and black resistance in Phoenix.
subjects: African American civil rights workers, African Americans, African Americans in the professions, Biography, Civil rights, Civil rights movements, History, Race relations, Human Rights, Ethnische Beziehungen, Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Political Freedom & Security, Bürgerrechtsbewegung, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Civil rights, united states
People: Eleanor Odell Dickey Ragsdale (1926-1998), Lincoln Johnson Ragsdale (1926-1995)
Places: Arizona, Phoenix, Phoenix (Ariz.)
Times: 20th century