For jobs and freedom : selected speeches and writings of A. Philip Randolph / edited by Andrew E. Kersten and David Lucander.

Author
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
  • Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2014.
  • ©2014
Description
1 online resource (380 pages) : illustrations

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Summary note
As the head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and a tireless advocate for civil rights, A.Philip Randolph (1889-1979) served as a bridge between African Americans and the labor movement.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
  • Description based on print version record.
  • Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Contents
  • The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
  • Labor leader at large
  • Randolph speaks his mind, 1919-1967
  • Randolph's views on politics in the United States
  • The March on Washington movement and the Fair Employment Practice Committee
  • Making and witnessing history in the civil rights movement
  • Randolph, war, and the fight to desegregate the United States military
  • A. Philip Randolph on international affairs.
ISBN
1-61376-340-9
OCLC
  • 933516710
  • 951221511
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