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Carnegie Lunchtime Speaker Series - Race Work: The Rise of Civil Rights in the Urban West

Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records

August 20, 2008

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This talk by Dr. Matthew Whitaker, Assoc. Prof. of History at ASU, explores the Civil Rights Movement in Arizona, underscoring the role of Western racial etiquette, Black resistance, local activists, interracial alliances, landmark legal decisions, key legislation, and the movement's legacy. Dr. Whitaker also pays particular attention to ways in which African Americans in Arizona inspired and fought for the social, economic, and political equality that the movement engendered. Whitaker will demonstrate that leaders such as George Brooks, Sr., Cloves Campbell, Sr., Hayzel B. Daniels, Opal Ellis, Herbert Ely, Herbert Finn, Manual Pena, Lincoln Ragsdale, Sr., Warren H. Steward, Sr., and Fran Waldman waged a systematic assault on racial discrimination and inequality. They relied mainly on grassroots activism to force the desegregation of Phoenix schools, places of public accommodation, and private employers, making Phoenix the more open city that it is today.

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  Tickets: Free Admission

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  August 20, 2008

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  Wednesday 12:00pm-1:00pm

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  Carnegie Center Library

  1101 West Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85007

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