A. Philip Randolph and the struggle for civil rights

A. Philip Randolph, racial identity, and family relations: tracing the development of a racial self-concept

Religious faith and black empowerment: the AME church and Randolph's racial identity and view of social justice

Black radicalism in Harlem: Randolph's racial and political consciousness

Crossing the color line: Randolph's transition from race to class consciousness

A new crowd, a new negro: the messenger and new negro ideology in the 1920s

Black and white unite: Randolph and the divide between class theory and the race problem

Ridin' the rails: Randolph and the brotherhood of sleeping car porters' struggle for union recognition

Where class consciousness falls short: Randolph and the brotherhood's standing in the house of labor

Marching toward fair employment: Randolph, the race/class connection, and the March on Washington movement

Epilogue: A. Philip Randolph's reconciliation of race and class in African American protest politics.