African American Experience

A Life in the Vanguard

By: Andrew E. Kersten

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Paperback | 21 December 2006

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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.

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Andrew Kersten's A. Philip Randolph: A Life in the Vanguard accomplishes its goals to an exceptional degree. In clear, often eloquent, prose Kersten relates the essentials of Randolph's life and achievements. Kersten's sympathetic, but not uncritical, portrait is grounded in the extensive primary sources and recent scholarly studies without being overwhelmed by them. For the interested general reader and the discerning undergraduate, Kersten's Randolph should be the biography of choice. -- John H. Bracey Jr., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
This very fine biography of A. Philip Randolph reminds us that the roots of the 20th century civil rights movement are found as much in the urban North as in the rural South. Andrew Kersten never lets us forget that Randolph proved such a successful tribune because he faithfully advanced the aspirations of a restless, multiracial working class, within the world of Pullman service and without. -- Nelson Lichtenstein, director of the Center for Work, Labor and Democracy at the University of California, Santa Barbara

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Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Chronology	p. xi
From Preacher Son to Socialist Radical: Randolph's Formative Years in Florida and New York City	p. 1
A Union Revolution: The Creation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters	p. 25
When Negroes Don't March: A. Philip Randolph and the Power of Protest Politics during World War II	p. 47
Unfinished Business: Randolph's Civil Rights Struggles during the Cold War	p. 69
The 1963 March on Washington: Randolph's Finest Hour	p. 91
Afterword	p. 115
Note on Sources	p. 119
Bibliography of Primary Sources	p. 123
Index	p. 161
About the Author	p. 169
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