A. Philip Randolph by Cynthia Taylor HARDBACK 9780814782873

A. Philip RandolphThe Religious Journey of an African American Labor Leader\nAuthor(s): Cynthia Taylor\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9780814782873, 978-0814782873\nSynopsis\nImportant insights into the life and mind of one of the most significant civil rights leaders of the twentieth century\n A. Philip Randolph, founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, was one of the most effective black trade unionists in America. Once known as \""the most dangerous black man in America,\"" he was a radical journalist, a labor leader, and a pioneer of civil rights strategies. His proteg Bayard Rustin noted that, \""With the exception of [url] Du Bois, he was probably the greatest civil rights leader of the twentieth century until Martin Luther King.\""\n Scholarship has traditionally portrayed Randolph as an atheist and anti-religious, his connections to African American religion either ignored or misrepre.