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Lincoln Johnson Ragsdale Sr. (July 27, 1926 – June 9, 1995) was an influential leader in the Phoenix-area Civil Rights Movement.Known for his outspokenness, Ragsdale was instrumental in various reform efforts in the Valley, including voting rights and the desegregation of schools, neighborhoods, and public accommodations.
Civil rights activist, leader, and the first martyr of the Civil Rights Movement: Willa Brown: 1906 1992 United States: civil rights activist, first African-American lieutenant in the US Civil Air Patrol, first African-American woman to run for Congress: Walter P. Reuther: 1907 1970 United States: labor leader and civil rights activist T.R.M ...
The operation was known at the time as "Operation Restoration", [2] and was a joint operation between local law enforcement officers and federal authorities. Over five days in the summer of 1997, [3] from July 27 to July 31, [2] officers on bicycles patrolled Chandler asking suspected Hispanic people for proof of citizenship, and arresting those who could not provide proof. [2]
Stacker used various sources to uncover the stories behind 14 heroes of the Civil Rights Movement whose names you might not recognize.
John Berry Meachum, civil rights activist, educatior, religious leader, involved in the Underground Railroad [22] James Meredith, civil rights figure, writer, political adviser; Anne Moody, civil rights activist, author; Harry T. Moore, civil rights activist, educator; Harriette Moore, civil rights worker, educator
All of the archive's substantive content was created by participants and activists of the American civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. The archive is a primary source for pictures, events, documents, people, poetry, oral histories, commentaries and largely forgotten stories about the civil rights movement.
Former Phoenix city councilman and civil rights activist Calvin C. Goode passed away this week at the age of 93. Goode died Wednesday from a non-COVID related illness, his family confirmed.
Arizona officials are scrambling to address a near total abortion ban revived by the state’s Supreme Court this week, before the Civil War-era law almost completely halts access to Arizona’s ...