A. Philip Randolph and the struggle for civil rights / Cornelius L. Bynum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bynum, Cornelius L., 1971-

Series:

New Black studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.

Randolph, A. Philip.

Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.

Civil rights workers.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

African Americans.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xix, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2010.

Summary:

Although somewhat overshadowed by giants such as W.E.B. Dubois and Martin Luther King, A. Philip Randolph is one of the most important figures in the Black struggle for civil and human rights during the 20th century. In this excellent book, Bynum (history, Purdue U.) looks at Randolph's role in the trade union and Civil Rights movements, showing how his work in organizing for and leading the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters--the country's first all-Black union--laid crucial groundwork for the victories of social justice movements later in the century. The author argues that Randolph's advocacy of direct mass action, nonviolent civil disobedience, and coalitions between Black and white workers helped shape the "toolkit" used so effectively by the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. As much an intellectual history as it is a biography, Bynum's book is an important addition to the scholarship on a critical figure in Black American history. Annotation ♭2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Contents:

A. Philip Randolph, racial identity, and family relations: tracing the development of a racial self-concept

Religious faith and black empowerment: the AME church and Randolph's racial identity and view of social justice

Black radicalism in Harlem: Randolph's racial and political consciousness

Crossing the color line: Randolph's transition from race to class consciousness

A new crowd, a new negro: the messenger and new negro ideology in the 1920s

Black and white unite: Randolph and the divide between class theory and the race problem

Ridin' the rails: Randolph and the brotherhood of sleeping car porters' struggle for union recognition

Where class consciousness falls short: Randolph and the brotherhood's standing in the house of labor

Marching toward fair employment: Randolph, the race/class connection, and the March on Washington movement

Epilogue: A. Philip Randolph's reconciliation of race and class in African American protest politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-236) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Rupp Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780252077647 : PAP

0252077644 : PAP