Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-367) and index
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
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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
Ragsdale, Eleanor Odell Dickey,1926-1998
Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson,1926-1995
African American civil rights workers-- Arizona-- Phoenix, Biography
African Americans-- Civil rights-- Arizona-- Phoenix-- History-- 20th century
African Americans in the professions-- Arizona-- Phoenix-- History-- 20th century
Civil rights movements-- Arizona-- Phoenix-- History-- 20th century
Phoenix (Ariz.), Race relations, History, 20th century