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  • MR. BLACK LABOR: The Story of A. Philip Randolph, Father of the Civil Rights Movement. by [Randolph,A. Philip, 1889-1979] Davis, Daniel S.; introduction by Bayard Rustin.
    [Randolph,A. Philip, 1889-1979] Davis, Daniel S.; introduction by Bayard Rustin.
    MR. BLACK LABOR: The Story of A. Philip Randolph, Father of the Civil Rights Movement.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of this civil rights activist and labor unionist (in 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first successful African-American-led labor union.) He developed the civil rights tactics which Martin Luther King, Jr. later used, and was influential in organizing the March on Washington. Introduction by Bayard Rustin. (The excellent 2023 film 'Rustin' depicts his importance to the movement and that event) Illustrated with photographs. Selected bibliography, index. xii, 174 pp. ISBN: 0-525353259.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall a tight and sturdy copy in a good dust jacket (spine label)

    Book ID: 88690
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