Reminiscences of Asa Philip Randolph : oral history, 1972.

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Reminiscences of Asa Philip Randolph : oral history, 1972.

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Boyhood, Jacksonville, Florida: family, education; first experiences in New York, N.Y.: west side, City College of New York,; socialist and pacifist opposition to World War I; Eugene Debs; postwar Harlem: Lafayette Theater, the MESSENGER; Chandler Owen, Marcus Garvey, Madame C.J. Walker; early union work.

Transcript: 283 leaves.Tapes: 8 reels.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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