Reframing Randolph. Andrew E. Kersten

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      ISBN: 978-0-8147-8594-2 (hardback)

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      This book is dedicated to my daughters, Bethany and Emily, and to my wife, Vickie.

       —Andrew E. Kersten, Moscow, Idaho

      For Clarence Earl Lang, Sr. (1949–2013), who, seated behind the wheel of a Chicago Transit Authority bus, was a beneficiary of Randolph’s many legacies.

       —Clarence Lang, Lawrence, Kansas

      CONTENTS

       Foreword

       Arlene Holt Baker

       1 A Reintroduction to Asa Philip Randolph

       Andrew E. Kersten and Clarence Lang

       2 Researching Randolph: Shifting Historiographic Perspectives

      Joe William Trotter, Jr.

       3 A. Philip Randolph: Emerging Socialist Radical

       Eric Arnesen

       4 Keeping His Faith: A. Philip Randolph’s Working-Class Religion

       Cynthia Taylor

       5 Brotherhood Men and Singing Slackers: A. Philip Randolph’s Rhetoric of Music and Manhood

       Robert Hawkins

       6 “The Spirit and Strategy of the United Front”: Randolph and the National Negro Congress, 1936–1940

       Erik S. Gellman

       7 Organizing Gender: A. Philip Randolph and Women Activists

       Melinda Chateauvert

       8 Beyond A. Philip Randolph: Grassroots Protest and the March on Washington Movement

       David Lucander

       9 The “Void at the Center of the Story”: The Negro American Labor Council and the Long Civil Rights Movement

       William P. Jones

       10 No Exit: A. Philip Randolph and the Ocean Hill–Brownsville Crisis

       Jerald Podair

       Select Bibliography

       About the Contributors

       Index