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A. Philip Randolph and the labor movement /

A biography of the civil rights activist who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, which acted as a labor union for Pullman car porters, and crusaded for equal rights for blacks in the armed forces, military industries, and in labor unions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cwiklik, Robert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, [1993]
Series:Gateway civil rights.
Subjects:
Randolph, A. Philip > (Asa Philip), > 1889-1979 > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters > History > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Civil rights > Juvenile literature.
Randolph, A. Philip > (Asa Philip), > 1889-
Civil rights workers.
African Americans > Biography.
Description
Summary:A biography of the civil rights activist who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, which acted as a labor union for Pullman car porters, and crusaded for equal rights for blacks in the armed forces, military industries, and in labor unions.
Physical Description:32 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:156294326X (lib. bdg.)