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- Creators: Coleman, Austin Hughes, 1937-2013
ContributorsColeman, Austin Hughes, 1937-2013 (Host) / KCAC (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.) (Contributor)
Created1963 (year uncertain)
Description
This Sunday morning broadcast, hosted by Austin Coleman, features a commemoration of the Emancipation Proclamation. Coleman also reads a letter from Rev. and Mrs. Leonard Johnson of Coolidge, Arizona discussing citizenship and freedom; reports on a NAACP meeting covering the absence of “negro” employees in Arizona state government positions, discrimination in public accommodations, and calls for a march on the Arizona capitol if the accommodations bill is not passed; and introduces and comments on a clip of Martin Luther King's "Three Words" (All, Here, Now).
ContributorsColeman, Austin Hughes, 1937-2013 (Host) / Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1926-1995 (Speaker) / KCAC (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.) (Contributor)
Created1964-03-22
DescriptionAustin Coleman hosts this Easter season program. It features an Easter message from Lincoln Ragsdale, commentary by Ragsdale regarding discrimination, and an announcement of a demonstration to be held at the Capitol "Monday at noon."
ContributorsColeman, Austin Hughes, 1937-2013 (Host) / Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1926-1995 (Speaker) / KCAC (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.) (Contributor)
Created1964-03-01
Description
This program, dedicated to Mr. Milton Thomas Ellis, features Lincoln Ragsdale discussing an event in Coolidge, Arizona in which two Blacks entered a restaurant to ask for food “that they might go outside and eat” and were arrested and fined $1,500. Ragsdale also calls for increased NAACP membership and reflects on a march in Pinal County in the previous year. The program also includes announcements of upcoming events and opportunities for "young negro women" to work with the "new IBM machines and new telephone switchboards" being installed at the Valley Life Insurance Company.
ContributorsColeman, Austin Hughes, 1937-2013 (Host) / Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1926-1995 (Speaker) / KCAC (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.) (Contributor)
Created1964-01-12
Description
This broadcast features Lincoln Ragsdale reflecting on the Black community's progress during 1963, including marches and attacks on himself and his family, and a “Special program by Dr. Martin Luther King" composed of excerpts from King speeches arranged in news program format. Also included are tributes to community members, including Ms. Lillian Brown (a member of the Wesley Methodist Church and an employee of the Valley Life Insurance Company), Pastor Rollins Winslow and members of the of the WMC, Miss Maybelline Walker (a member of the Pentecostal Church and a Valley Life and Casualty employee), Mrs. Flora Mae Smith (a member of the Union Baptist Church and mother of eight young children), and Mrs. Freddie Mae Reagan (a member of the Pentecostal Church and the the newest member of the Valley Life and Casualty staff).
ContributorsColeman, Austin Hughes, 1937-2013 (Host) / Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1926-1995 (Speaker) / KCAC (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.) (Contributor)
Created1963-09-09
DescriptionIn this broadcast, Austin Coleman discusses the sit-in held by the Youth Council of the Maricopa County Chapter of the NAACP at the El Ray Café and Lincoln Ragsdale speaks on the "stepped-up integration movement."
ContributorsColeman, Austin Hughes, 1937-2013 (Host) / Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1926-1995 (Speaker) / Brooks, G. Benjamin (George Benjamin), 1926-2007 (Speaker) / KCAC (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.) (Contributor)
Created1963-12-29
Description
This broadcast begins with Rev. G. Benjamin Brooks giving the NAACP's report for 1963, including a chronological account of events in Maricopa County, and thanking his listeners for the 27,000 votes they cast in his favor during his run for Phoenix City Council. Lincoln Ragsdale speaks on the civil rights movement, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Bull Connor, Medgar Evers, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and Black workers employed by Phoenix businesses.
ContributorsColeman, Austin Hughes, 1937-2013 (Host) / Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1926-1995 (Speaker) / KCAC (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.) (Contributor)
Created1964-04-26
DescriptionIn this broadcast, Austin Coleman promotes Dr. Martin Luther King's upcoming visit, which is scheduled for May 27th at Montgomery Stadium. Lincoln Ragsdale thanks his listeners for their support of his father during his illness and discusses local church activities and events.
ContributorsColeman, Austin Hughes, 1937-2013 (Host) / Ragsdale, Eleanor Odell Dickey, 1926-1998 (Speaker) / KCAC (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.) (Contributor)
Created1964-07
Description
This recording begins with an unidentified sermon. Eleanor Ragsdale thanks her listeners for their prayers during Hartwell Ragsdale's illness and hospitalization, congratulates recent high school and college graduates, reports on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s arrest in St. Augustine, Florida, discusses efforts to pass a public accommodations law in Phoenix, and asks listeners to join a march at City Hall scheduled for the next day.
ContributorsColeman, Austin Hughes, 1937-2013 (Host) / Dickey, Bill (William Dan), 1928-2012 (Speaker) / Brown, Lillian (Speaker) / KCAC (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.) (Contributor)
Created1963-07-07
DescriptionIn this broadcast, Lillian Brown, Supervisor of Agents for the Valley Life Insurance Company, discusses careers for women as life insurance agents and Bill Dickey, Executive Vice President of the Valley Life Insurance Company, speaks on independence and freedom, including commenting on Independence Day celebrations and segregation.
ContributorsColeman, Austin Hughes, 1937-2013 (Host) / Ragsdale, Lincoln Johnson, 1926-1995 (Speaker) / KCAC (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.) (Contributor)
Created1964-05-03
Description
In this broadcast, Austin Coleman discusses issues in Phoenix surrounding housing, education, and employment and cites the NAACP's and CORE's work in these areas. Lincoln Ragsdale announces that Martin Luther King, Jr.'s appearance has been rescheduled for June 3, thanks his listeners for their prayers for his father, and offers a sermon of hope for the disadvantaged.