Revolutionary, advocate, father: Valley 101 shares the legacy of Dr. Lincoln Ragsdale Sr.

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 Ragsdale, 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.

This is the second part of a two-part series on the local icon. The first part can be found here, or wherever you get your podcasts by subscribing to Valley 101.

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