African-American rights activist and Tuskegee Airman (1926–1995)
Lincoln Ragsdale
Born
July 27, 1926
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Died
June 9, 1995(1995-06-09) (aged 68)
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Occupation(s)
Tuskegee Airman, community organizer
Known for
Civil Rights Movement
Spouse
Eleanor Ragsdale
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.
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...
at Dunbar Elementary School. She met LincolnRagsdale through her cousin. They married on May 29, 1949. Lincoln became her partner in entrepreneurship...
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Fay Bellamy Powell Rodney N. Powell Al Raby LincolnRagsdale A. Philip Randolph George Raymond George Raymond Jr. Bernice Johnson...
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Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the speech was one of the most famous moments...
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initiatives; attacking the U.S. invasion of Grenada; praising the Abraham Lincoln Brigade; honoring Ethel and Julius Rosenberg; and praising Fidel Castro...
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psychology, and the works of political authors, from Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, John Dewey, Karl Marx, and Erich Fromm—"reading everything except what...
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Fay Bellamy Powell Rodney N. Powell Al Raby LincolnRagsdale A. Philip Randolph George Raymond George Raymond Jr. Bernice Johnson...
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Fay Bellamy Powell Rodney N. Powell Al Raby LincolnRagsdale A. Philip Randolph George Raymond George Raymond Jr. Bernice Johnson...
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Fay Bellamy Powell Rodney N. Powell Al Raby LincolnRagsdale A. Philip Randolph George Raymond George Raymond Jr. Bernice Johnson...
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Fay Bellamy Powell Rodney N. Powell Al Raby LincolnRagsdale A. Philip Randolph George Raymond George Raymond Jr. Bernice Johnson...
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Fay Bellamy Powell Rodney N. Powell Al Raby LincolnRagsdale A. Philip Randolph George Raymond George Raymond Jr. Bernice Johnson...
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Fay Bellamy Powell Rodney N. Powell Al Raby LincolnRagsdale A. Philip Randolph George Raymond George Raymond Jr. Bernice Johnson...
in law. In 1995, a Pennsylvania State Historical Marker was placed at Lincoln and Montgomery Avenues, West Chester, Pennsylvania, on the grounds of Henderson...
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Fay Bellamy Powell Rodney N. Powell Al Raby LincolnRagsdale A. Philip Randolph George Raymond George Raymond Jr. Bernice Johnson...
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Fay Bellamy Powell Rodney N. Powell Al Raby LincolnRagsdale A. Philip Randolph George Raymond George Raymond Jr. Bernice Johnson...
is currently displayed next to Augustus Saint-Gaudens' bust of Abraham Lincoln. 2023: Rosa Parks statue approved for Alabama State Capitol grounds. The...
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Fay Bellamy Powell Rodney N. Powell Al Raby LincolnRagsdale A. Philip Randolph George Raymond George Raymond Jr. Bernice Johnson...
shape to black South African and American music". The jazz musician Abbey Lincoln is among those identified as being influenced by Makeba. Makeba and Simone...