Oral histories [sound recording], 1973-1982.

Randolph, A. Philip, 1889-1979

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Asa Philip Randolph (born April 15, 1889, Cresent City, Florida-died May 16, 1979, New York City), African-American labor leader and early civil rights spokesman. Influenced by the socialism of Eugene Debs, Randolph began publishing his magazine The Messenger in 1917. He opposed U.S. entry into the first World War. In 1925 he organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. His associations with Bayard Rustin and James Farmer influenced his dedication to nonviolence. Randolph was a founder of ...

Socialist Party (U.S.)

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The Socialist Party (U.S.) was founded in 1901, bringing together moderate socialists from the Social Democratic Party, and dissident members of the Socialist Labor Party. In 1936 the ongoing differences between the “Old Guard” and “Militant” factions, resulted in a split, with the Militant group retaining the SP name and much of the membership, while the Old Guard faction retained most of the organizational and financial assets. From the guide to the Socialist Party (U.S.) Minutes, ...

Young People's Socialist League

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The Young People’s Socialist League (YPSL) has been the name of the youth section of the Socialist Party USA (SP). It originated in New York City in 1907 as the Young People's Socialist Federation, however, by 1918 it became known as the YPSL (members were often referred to as Yipsels). In the 1930s, the majority of the YPSL membership sided with the Militant faction within the Socialist Party, led by Norman Thomas, against the more moderate "Old Guard" linked to the garment industry unions, the...

Thomas Norman Mattoon, 1884-1968

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Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1968), was a leading American socialist, pacifist, author, and six-time presidential candidate on the Socialist Party of America ticket, between 1928 and 1948. Born in Marion, Ohio, he was a graduate of Princeton University, attended Union Theological Seminary, where he became a socialist, and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1911. Thomas opposed the United States' entry into the First World War, a position that earned him the disapproval of many in his soci...

Wurf, Jerry, 1919-

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Labor leader, of New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C.; d. 1981. From the description of Papers, 1936-1982. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28418792 ...

Fleischman, Harry

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Harry Fleischman (1914- ) has been a lifelong labor and socialist activist since he joined the Washington Heights "circle" of the Young People's Socialist League as a teenager in the 1930s. For the Socialist Party, he served as National Secretary of the Red Falcons (1936); regional director of the Socialist Party of Indiana-Illinois (1939-42); national secretary of the Socialist Party in New York City (1942-50); and campaign manager for Norman Thomas' presidential campaigns in 1944 and 1948. In ...

Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (U.S.)

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East, Clay.

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Norman Thomas High School.

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Myrdal, Gunnar, 1898-1987

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Economist,sociologist; interviewee d.1987. From the description of Reminiscences of Gunnar Myrdal : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574538 ...