Details

Subject(s)

• Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 [Browse]
• Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Train, Chair Car, Coach Porters and Attendants—History [Browse]
• African Americans—Biography [Browse]
• African American civil rights workers—Biography [Browse]
• Labor unions, Black—United States—History—20th century [Browse]
• Labor unions—United States—History—20th century [Browse]
• Civil rights movements—United States—History—20th century [Browse]
• African Americans—Civil rights—History—20th century [Browse]
• African Americans—History—1877-1964 [Browse]
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945—Relations with African Americans [Browse]
• Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972—Relations with African Americans [Browse]
• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963 [Browse]
• Protest songs—United States [Browse]
• Labor unions—United States—Songs and music [Browse]
• African Americans—Civil rights—Songs and music [Browse]
• Documentary television programs [Browse]
• Biographical films [Browse]

Related name

• Thigpen, Lynne [Browse]
• James, Dante J. [Browse]
• Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999 [Browse]
• Black, Timuel D., Jr. [Browse]
• Lewis, John, 1940-2020 [Browse]
• WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) [Browse]
• California Newsreel (Firm) [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Video recordings [Browse]

Summary note

Biography of the African American labor leader, journalist, and civil rights activist, A. Philip Randolph. Randolph won the first national labor agreement for a black union, The Sleeping Car porters. His threat of a protest march on Washington forced President Roosevelt to ban segregation in the federal government and defense industries at the onset of WWII and later he forced Truman to integrate the military. Finally with the 1963 March on Washington, Randolph succeeded in placing civil rights at the forefront of the nation's legislative agenda as he passed the torch to Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes music of the labor and civil rights movements.

Creation/​Production credits

Producer/director, Dante J. James ; writers, Juan Williams, Dante J. James ; editor, Catherine Shields ; music, Patrice Rushen ; photography, Michael Chin.

System details

VHS.

Participant(s)/​Performer(s)

Narrator, Lynne Thigpen ; historians, Paula F. Pfeffer, William Harris, John H. Bracey, Nelson Lichtenstein, John Hope Franklin ; also, James Farmer (Congress of Racial Equality), Timuel D. Black (Negro American Labor Council), John Lewis (SNCC).

Contents

• Music: Jesus is a rock in the weary land
• La Guiablesse: Entrance of Les Porteuse
• Night
• Let's all be Americans now
• On Jersey shore
• Get on board
• Now let me fly
• Pullman porter blues
• Hold the fort
• Mean low blues
• Happy days are here again
• Defense factory blues
• I'm so glad
• We shall overcome.

Show 11 more Contents items

Other title(s)

For jobs and freedom

Title on cassette label

• A. Philip Randolph : for jobs and freedom

OCLC

34259125

Statement on language in description

Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...