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Lincoln Ragsdale Sr., along with other activists, won a court case to desegregate Phoenix Union High Schools a year before Brown vs. The Board of Education. It was a huge victory, but to Ragadale, it was simply the beginning.He continued to create change. Alongside his wife, Eleanor, he and his family desegregated the Encanto neighborhood in Phoenix by being the first Black family to move in. In part two, Valley 101, a podcast from the Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, covers more of his civil rights wins for the state, his connection with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and what he was like as a father. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lincoln Ragsdale Sr., along with other activists, won a court case to desegregate Phoenix Union High Schools a year before Brown vs. The Board of Education. It was a huge victory, but to Ragadale, it was simply the beginning.He continued to create change. Alongside his wife, Eleanor, he and his family desegregated the Encanto neighborhood in Phoenix by being the first Black family to move in. In part two, Valley 101, a podcast from the Arizona Republic and <a href="http://azcentral.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">azcentral.com</a>, covers more of his civil rights wins for the state, his connection with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and what he was like as a father. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Revolutionary, advocate, father: the legacy of Dr. Lincoln Ragsdale Sr.

In May 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided that separating educational facilities by race was unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment. You’ll know this famous case as Brown vs. The Board of Education.One year earlier, in February 1953, Judge Fred Struckmeyer Jr. in Maricopa County ruled that a law permitting students to be separated by race in the Phoenix Union school district was also unconstitutional.The court challenge came from a handful of civil rights activists in Phoenix, but one man in particular looked at this as the tip of the iceberg.Dr. Lincoln Ragsdale Sr. helped fund a lawsuit on behalf of three Black children during the Phoenix Union case, but his time fighting for racial freedoms in the Valley spread much further than high schools.He was a Tuskegee airman, a business owner, a fighter for civil rights and the man whose name is on the executive terminal at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.This is the first part of a two-part series on the local icon. The second part will be released on Monday, Feb. 28. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In May 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided that separating educational facilities by race was unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment. You’ll know this famous case as Brown vs. The Board of Education.One year earlier, in February 1953, Judge Fred Struckmeyer Jr. in Maricopa County ruled that a law permitting students to be separated by race in the Phoenix Union school district was also unconstitutional.The court challenge came from a handful of civil rights activists in Phoenix, but one man in particular looked at this as the tip of the iceberg.Dr. Lincoln Ragsdale Sr. helped fund a lawsuit on behalf of three Black children during the Phoenix Union case, but his time fighting for racial freedoms in the Valley spread much further than high schools.He was a Tuskegee airman, a business owner, a fighter for civil rights and the man whose name is on the executive terminal at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.This is the first part of a two-part series on the local icon. The second part will be released on Monday, Feb. 28. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

From airman to activist: the life of Dr. Lincoln Ragsdale Sr.

Episode 7 of Humdaddy History is the second in the everyday hero series. The hero spotlight for this episode is on Civil Rights leader, activist and entrepreneur Lincoln Ragsdale. Ragsdale helped fight segregation practices in Phoenix, AZ in the 1950s and 1960s, and was also a member of the well esteemed Tuskegee Airmen.  I was amazed to learn all I could about this hero from my home state and I hope you enjoy it too!

Episode 7 of Humdaddy History is the second in the everyday hero series. The hero spotlight for this episode is on Civil Rights leader, activist and entrepreneur Lincoln Ragsdale. Ragsdale helped fight segregation practices in Phoenix, AZ in the 1950s and 1960s, and was also a member of the well esteemed Tuskegee Airmen.  I was amazed to learn all I could about this hero from my home state and I hope you enjoy it too!