A Vision of Racial and Economic Justice
A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin knew the fates of the civil rights and labor movements were intertwined. The same is true today.
Winter 2024
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Blacks and the Unions 
For the better part of a century following the abolition of slavery blacks continued to play an unenviable role within the labor force. Because they were excluded to a considerable degree from the unions by racial practices, both black leaders …
Black Nationalism: Dead End or Panacea?
Theodore Draper, who has concentrated his considerable talents on many different subjects —from Vietnam and the Middle East to Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and the American Communist party—has now turned his attention to the subject of black nationalism. The result …
Roy Innes vs. Roy Wilkins
The debate between Roy Wilkins and Roy Innis over demands by Negro students for separate black studies departments has major implications. The question they are arguing is whether separatism is a condition that black Americans should desire and, in fact, …
