A. Philip Randolph and the Struggle for Civil Rights

AvCornelius L. Bynum

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-10-01
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:280
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780252090066
Förlag:University of Illinois Press

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

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"Bynum focuses on Randolph's career in the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, when he was formulating his ideas on social justice, race, and class. . . . The result is a deeper look at the ideals that drove Randolph."--Booklist"Bynum does an excellent job of discussing Randolph's attempts to secure bargaining for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. In doing so, he exposes the shameful behavior of the union movement in its unwillingness to accept blacks."--Labor Studies Journal"Bynum's well-researched monograph makes a useful contribution to the growing body of literature on the 'long' civil rights movement."--The Journal of American History

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments viiIntroduction ix Part 1. Building Black Identity at the Turn of the Century1. A. Philip Randolph, Racial Identity, and Family Relations: Tracing the Development of a Racial Self-Concept 32. Religious Faith and Black Empowerment: The AME Church and Randolph's Racial Identity and View of Social Justice 24 Part 2. Constructing Class Consciousness in the Jazz Age3. Black Radicalism in Harlem: Randolph's Racial and Political Consciousness 474. Crossing the Color Line: Randolph's Transition from Race to Class Consciousness 63 Part 3. The Rise of the New Crowd Negroes5. A New Crowd, A New Negro: The Messenger and New Negro Ideology in the 1920s 856. Black and White Unite: Randolph and the Divide between Class Theory and the Race Problem 101 Part 4. Blending Race and Class7 Ridin' the Rails: Randolph and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters' Struggle for Union Recognition 1198. Where Class Consciousness Falls Short: Randolph and the Brotherhood's Standing in the House of Labor 1369. Marching Toward Fair Employment: Randolph, the Race/Class Connection, and the March on Washington Movement 157Epilogue: A. Philip Randolph's Reconciliation of Race and Class in African American Protest Politics 185Notes 201Bibliography 227Index 237Illustrations follow page 82