Tells the story of Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale, two of the most influential black activists of the post-World War II American West, and in so doing, supplies a chapter in the history of the civil rights movement, American race relations, African Americans, and the American West.
Matthew C. Whitaker is an associate professor of history at Arizona State University. He is also an affiliate faculty member in African and African American studies and the School of Justice and Social Inquiry at ASU.
