A. Philip Randolph, pioneer of the civil rights movement

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

A. Philip Randolph, pioneer of the civil rights movement

Entry/Object ID

Library.2204

Description

xiv, 336 p. ; 24 cm. A. Philip Randolph, pioneer of the civil rights movement by Paula F. Pfeffer. Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-324) and index. Louisiana paperback edition, 1996. Table of contents: New style leader emerges -- Let the Negro masses march -- Fair employment and politics -- "Don't join a Jim Crow Army" -- Preliminary civil rights marches -- Negro American Labor Council -- March on Washington -- Legacy of Randolph. Review from Publishers Weekly: The importance of black socialist civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph (1889-1979), organizer of the Pullman porters--the first all-black labor union, whose nonviolent disobedience strategies anticipated those of Martin Luther King Jr.--has been neglected, argues Pfeffer, associate professor of history at Chicago's Mundelein College. This well-researched study, focusing exclusively on Randolph's career, chronicles his efforts in the 1940s to integrate the armed forces and schools, and his unremitting struggle to achieve economic parity for blacks through fair employment practices, despite dissension among social activists. At the 1963 March on Washington, chaired by Randolph, King proclaimed his "dream"--which the older man had done much to define. The book resurrects a major, largely forgotten pivotal leader.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979., African Americans -- Biography., Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography., Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century., Labor unions, Black -- United States -- History -- 20th century., African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964., African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.

Publication Details

Author

Pfeffer, Paula F., 1931- .

Publisher

Louisiana State University Press

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Baton Rouge, LA

Call No.

E 185.97 .R27 P44 1990

ISBN

9780807120750