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A. Philip Randolph and the Struggle for Civil Rights

ISBN-13: 9780252077647
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
By Cornelius L. Bynum
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Local release date: 13/02/2011
Format: Paperback 272 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]

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Google Preview: 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 centre 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 labourers. 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. Bynum interweaves biographical information with details on how Randolph gradually shifted his thinking about race and class, full citizenship rights, industrial organization, trade unionism, and civil rights protest throughout his activist career. Cornelius L. Bynum is an assistant professor of history at Purdue University.; ''Relating Randolph's racial, economic, and political thought to his efforts to address injustice, this study is ideal for students and scholars of twentieth-century African American history, labor history, and race relations.'' Cary D. Wintz, editor of African American Political Thought, 1890-1930: Washington, Du Bois, Garvey, and Randolph ''This unique book is divided into four sections and nine chapters and provides a holistic portrait of who Randolph was as a man, an American patriot, and a civil rights leader... Overall, Bynum's book is lucid and an excellent work that can be used for both academic research and casual reading. Bynum's use of a variety of resources, such as government documents, manuscripts, Pullman Company collections and records, newspaper articles, and photographs is extensive.'' - William Adams, H-1960s, October, 2012; Google Preview content

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