A. Philip Randolph - A Life in the Vanguard

Before the emergence of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., there were several key leaders who fought for civil rights in the United States. Among them was A. Philip Randolph, who perhaps best embodied the hopes, ideals, and aspirations of black Americans. In this concise and engaging new book, historian Andrew E. Kersten explores Randolph's influences and accomplishments as both a labor and civil rights leader.

List of contents

Foreword
Chapter 1: From Preacher Son to Socialist Radical: Randolph's Formative Years in Florida and New York City
Chapter 2: A Union Revolution: The Creation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Chapter 3: When Negroes Don't March: A. Philip Randolph and the Power of Protest Politics during World War II
Chapter 4: Unfinished Business: Randolph's Civil Rights Struggles During the Cold War
Chapter 5: The 1963 March on Washington: Randolph's Finest Hour
Afterword
Documents
Bibliographic Essay

About the author

Andrew E. Kersten is associate professor of history and the chair of social change & development at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He is the author of Race, Jobs, and the War: The FEPC in the Midwest, 1941-1946, Labor's Home Front: The American Federation of Labor and World War II, and numerous articles.

Summary

Before the emergence of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr, there were several key leaders who fought for civil rights in the US. Among them was A Philip Randolph, who perhaps best embodied the hopes, ideals, and aspirations of black Americans. This book explores Randolph's influences and accomplishments as both a labor and civil rights leader.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Kersten, Andrew E. Kersten, Andrew Edmund Kersten
• Assisted by: Nina Mjagkij (Editor), Jacqueline M. Moore (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2006
• EAN: 9780742548978
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4897-8
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Series: African American History (Rowm; The African American Experience Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous