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- A. Philip Randolph and the Struggle for Civil Rights
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
- Series: The New Black Studies Series
summary
A. Philip Randolph's career as a trade unionist and civil rights activist fundamentally shaped the course of black protest in the mid-twentieth century. Standing alongside W. E. B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, and others at the center of the cultural renaissance and political radicalism that shaped communities such as Harlem in the 1920s and into the 1930s, Randolph fashioned an understanding of social justice that reflected a deep awareness of how race complicated class concerns, especially among black laborers. Examining Randolph's work in lobbying for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, threatening to lead a march on Washington in 1941, and establishing the Fair Employment Practice Committee, Cornelius L. Bynum shows that Randolph's push for African American equality took place within a broader progressive program of industrial reform. Some of Randolph's pioneering plans for engineering change--which served as foundational strategies in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s--included direct mass action, nonviolent civil disobedience, and purposeful coalitions between black and white workers. Bynum interweaves biographical information on Randolph with details on how he gradually shifted his thinking about race and class, full citizenship rights, industrial organization, trade unionism, and civil rights protest throughout his activist career.
Table of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- pp. v-vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- pp. ix-xix
- Part 1. Building Black Identity at the Turn of the Century
- Part 2. Contructing Class Consciousness in the Jazz Age
- Part 3. The Rise of the New Crowd Negroes
- Part 4. Blending Race and Class
- Bibliography
- pp. 227-236
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252090066
Related ISBN(s)
9780252035753, 9780252077647
MARC Record
OCLC
702844583
Pages
272
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2010