A. Philip Randolph - The Religious Journey of an African American Labor Leader (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)

"Finally we have a book that seriously examines the religious views of one of the most important figures in modern American history as well as the black freedom struggle." -- Clarence Taylor, author ofBlack Religious Intellectuals: The Fight for Equality from Jim Crow to the Twenty-first Century 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 W.E.B. Du Bois, he was probably the greatest civil rights leader of the twentieth century until Martin Luther King." Scholarship has traditionally portrayed Randolph as an atheist and anti-religious, his connections to African American religion either ignored or misrepresented. Taylor places Randolph within the context of American religious history and uncovers his complex relationship to African American religion. She demonstrates that Randolph's religiosity covered a wide spectrum of liberal Protestant beliefs, from a religious humanism on the left, to orthodox theological positions on the right, never straying far from his African Methodist roots.

General

Imprint:	New York University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2005
First published:	December 2005
Authors:	Cynthia Taylor
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	291
Edition:	Annotated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8147-8287-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
LSN:	0-8147-8287-6
Barcode:	9780814782873

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