A. Philip Randolph and the struggle for civil rights [electronic resource] / Cornelius L. Bynum.

ISBN:

9780252090066

Title:

Author:

Bynum, Cornelius L., 1971-

Personal Author:

Bynum, Cornelius L., 1971-

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 244 pages) : illustrations.

Series:

The new Black studies series

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.

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Personal Subject:

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

Subject Term:

Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.

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

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

Geographic Term:

United States -- Race relations.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2010

Publication Information:

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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.

Author Notes

Cornelius L. Bynum is an assistant professor of history at Purdue University.

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

Randolph organized America's first black trade union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, pushed the labor movement into taking a hard look at its own employment practices, and forced the desegregation of the American military. Bynum focuses on Randolph's career in the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, when he was formulating his ideas on social justice, race, and class, but provides little detail of the '50s and '60s, when Randolph's accomplishments were better known. The result is a deeper look at the ideals that drove Randolph. His ideal of social justice blended civic, social, and political rights with economic opportunity. He challenged labor legislation in the years between the world wars, when concerns about conditions for workers heightened but did not include concerns for black workers. Bynum explores early influences on Randolph family, church and the liberation gospel learned in Jacksonville, Florida, and the radical politics of the Harlem Renaissance and Randolph's relations with W. E. B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, and others during a sterling career that culminated in the 1963 March on Washington to end employment discrimination.--Bush, Vanessa Copyright 2010 Booklist