A. Philip Randolph : for jobs & freedom / WETA-TV ; a film by Dante J. James ; produced by Dante J. James ; written by Juan Williams, Dante J. James.

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 fed...

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Corporate Authors: WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors: Thigpen, Lynne, James, Dante J., Williams, Juan, Pfeffer, Paula F., 1931-, Harris, William, Bracey, John H., Lichtenstein, Nelson, Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999, Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009, Black, Timuel D., Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [1996], ©1996.
Subjects:
Randolph, A. Philip > (Asa Philip), > 1889-1979.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945.
Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972.
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters > History.
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom > (1963 : > Washington, D.C.)
African Americans.
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.
Protest songs > United States.
Labor unions > United States > Songs and music.
African Americans > Civil rights > Songs and music.
Documentary television programs.
Biographical films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Biography.
Songs and music.
Biographical films.
Documentary television programs.
Documentary films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
For jobs & freedom.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
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.
Note:Closed-captioned.
Videorecording.
Call Number:E185.97.R27 A83 1996 VideoDVD
Credits:Director, Dante J. James ; narrator, Lynne Thigpen ; editor, Catherine Shields ; music, Patrice Rushen ; photography, Michael Chin.
System Details:DVD-R format.
Cast:
Narrator, Lynne Thigpen.
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)