Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 382 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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Race and ethnicity in the American West |
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Race and ethnicity in the American West.
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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 |
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Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1926-1995.
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Ragsdale, Eleanor Odell Dickey, 1926-1998.
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Ragsdale, Eleanor Odell Dickey, 1926-1998 fast |
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Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1926-1995 fast |
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- History -- 20th century
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Civil rights movements -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- History -- 20th century
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African Americans in the professions -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- History -- 20th century
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African American civil rights workers -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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African American civil rights workers
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African Americans -- Civil rights
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African Americans in the professions
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Civil rights movements
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Race relations
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Ethnische Beziehungen
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Bürgerrechtsbewegung
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Phoenix (Ariz.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
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Arizona -- Phoenix
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Phoenix, Ariz.
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Schwärze
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
080325038X |
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9780803250383 |
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