Title Race work : the rise of civil rights in the urban West / Matthew C. Whitaker

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 382 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps Series Race and ethnicity in the American West Race and ethnicity in the American West. Contents I: Power concedes nothing without demand -- The black professional tradition -- Tuskegee, World War II, and the new black activism -- Mobilization, agitation, and protest -- 2: Creative and persistent -- Resistance and interracial dissent -- The quickening -- Black and Chicano leadership and the struggle for access and opportunity -- 3: Moving forward counterclockwise -- The struggle for racial equality in Phoenix, 1980-2000 -- Conclusion: racial uplift in Phoenix Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-367) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1926-1995. Ragsdale, Eleanor Odell Dickey, 1926-1998. SUBJECT Ragsdale, Eleanor Odell Dickey, 1926-1998 fast Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1926-1995 fast Subject 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 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. African American civil rights workers African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans in the professions Civil rights movements Race relations Ethnische Beziehungen Bürgerrechtsbewegung SUBJECT Phoenix (Ariz.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century Subject Arizona -- Phoenix Phoenix, Ariz. Schwärze Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 080325038X 9780803250383

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