New York. 1973. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Limited Edition Published As A New Year's Greeting To Friends of The Piblisher. Very Good in Cloth. No Dustjacket As Issued. 25 pages. hardcover. keywords: African American History America Harlem. DESCRIPTION - An excerpt from the at the time forthcoming A. PHILIP RANDOLPH: A BIOGRAPHICAL PORTRAIT, a biography of radical, labor organizer, civil rights leader who was responsible for much early integration and labor rights that details with rare journalistic insight Randolph's meteoric rise from a young radical and street orator in Harlem to the most sought-after black in the labor movement. inventory #22934
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Author bio Jervis Anderson, (born October 1, 1932, Jamaica - found dead January 7, 2000, New York, N.Y.), Jamaican-born American biographer and journalist who , was a staff writer for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1998 and wrote highly praised biographies of African American civil rights leaders Bayard Rustin and A. Philip Randolph. Serialized in The New Yorker in 1972, Anderson's profile of Randolph appeared in book form as A. Philip Randolph: A Biographical Portrait in 1973. Bayard Rustin: Troubles I've Seen (1997) became a best-seller.

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