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.