Race work
Subtitle: the rise of civil rights in the urban West
By: Matthew C. Whitaker.
Series: Race and ethnicity in the American West
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780803248212
Subjects: Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1926-1995.; Ragsdale, Eleanor Odell Dickey, 1926-1998.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- History -- 20th century.; Civil rights movements -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- History -- 20th century.; African Americans in the professions -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- History -- 20th century.; African American civil rights workers -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Biography.; Phoenix (Ariz.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Genres: Biography.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-367) and index.