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A 6 page research paper that looks at the career of this African American leader. Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979) was the most significant civil rights leader to emerge from the labor movement (Stein, 1991). His name is not as well-known as that of Martin Luther King, however, Randolph was a principal motivator of his generation and a pioneer in obtaining rights for black Americans. His career as a political activist begins early in the twentieth century, decades before the civil rights movement and examination of his work suggests that his early successes in gaining rights for black Americans laid the necessary groundwork upon which 1960s civil rights movement was built. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Martin Luther King, however, Randolph was a principal motivator of his generation and a pioneer in obtaining rights for black Americans. His career as a political activist begins early in
the twentieth century, decades before the civil rights movement and examination of his work suggests that his early successes in gaining rights for black Americans laid the necessary groundwork upon
which 1960s civil rights movement was built. Randolph was born to a religious household on April 15, 1889. His father was a AME minister who also operated a tailoring
business. Education was considered to be a priority and both Randolph and his brother attended the Cookman Institute, where they excelled (Brown, 2005). He left his home in Crescent City,
Florida for New York City in 1911 and worked during the day so that he could attend City College by night (Stein, 1991). During this time, he read extensively, including
the works of Karl Marx. Initially, Randolph entertained ideas about becoming an actor, but he switched from a focus on drama to one on politics and economics, and his reading
soon caused him to join the socialist party (Brown, 2005). Randolph differed from this African American contemporaries, such as W.E.B. Du Bois, in that he did not perceive the
"color line" as the principal problem of the twentieth century, but rather felt that the principal problems of black Americans were related to the question of the "common man" (Stein,
1991). As this suggests, Randolphs philosophy on black issues always saw the situation of African Americans in terms of socioeconomic and political opportunities. Randolphs politics were grounded in the socioeconomic
realities of the World War I era. This intellectual background predisposed Randolph to see the black working class, rather than the black elite, as the major hope for African American
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