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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | A Philip Randolph; Franklin D Roosevelt; Harry S Truman |
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lynne Thigpen; Dante J James; Juan Williams; Paula F Pfeffer; William Harris; John H Bracey; Nelson Lichtenstein; James Farmer; John Hope Franklin; Timuel D Black; John Lewis; WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.); California Newsreel (Firm) |
| OCLC Number: | 34259125 |
| Credits: | Director, Dante J. James ; narrator, Lynne Thigpen ; editor, Catherine Shields ; music, Patrice Rushen ; photography, Michael Chin. |
| Cast: | Paula F. Pfeffer, William Harris, John H. Bracey, Nelson Lichtenstein, John Hope Franklin, historians ; James Farmer (Congress of Racial Equality), Timuel D. Black (Negro American Labor Council), John Lewis (SNCC). |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (87:10 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in. |
| Details: | VHS. |
| Contents: | Music: Jesus is a rock in the weary land -- La Guiablesse: Entrance of Les Porteuse -- Night -- Let's all be Americans now -- On Jersey shore -- Get on board -- Now let me fly -- Pullman porter blues -- Hold the fort -- Mean low blues -- Happy days are here again -- Defense factory blues -- I'm so glad -- We shall overcome. |
| Other Titles: | A. Philip Randolph : for jobs and freedom For jobs and freedom |
| Responsibility: | WETA-TV ; produced by Dante J. James ; written by Juan Williams, Dante J. James. |
Abstract:
Biography of the African American labor leader, journalist, and civil rights activist, A. Philip Randolph. Randolph won the first national labor agreement for a black union, The Sleeping Car porters. His threat of a protest march on Washington forced President Roosevelt to ban segregation in the federal government and defense industries at the onset of WWII and again he forced Truman to integrate the military. Finally with the 1963 March on Washington, Randolph succeeded in placing civil rights at the forefront of the nation's legislative agenda as he passed the torch to Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes music of the labor and civil rights movements.
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Related Subjects:(17)
- Randolph, A. Philip -- (Asa Philip), -- 1889-
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- History.
- African Americans -- Biography.
- African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
- Labor unions, Black -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
- African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano), -- 1882-1945 -- Relations with African Americans.
- Truman, Harry S., -- 1884-1972 -- Relations with African Americans.
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963.
- Protest songs -- United States.
- Labor unions -- United States -- Songs and music.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Songs and music.
- Documentary television programs.
- Biographical films.
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