An essay on the relationship between the IWW and A. Philip Randolph's The Messenger, a black political and literary magazine from the early 20th Century.
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An essay on the relationship between the IWW and A. Philip Randolph's The Messenger, a black political and literary magazine from the early 20th Century.
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Thanks. This is great.
Do you know anywhere to find a copy of October 1919 The Messenger that the quotes at the beginning are taken from. Regardless, this is fantastic.
Nah, I couldn't tell you where to find copies of them. Maybe you could email the author if you could track down his info?
Other than the actual piece, this is all I have on this
The Messenger is one of the few newspapers that I've never found collected in any archive (if anyone knows where to find them, please send me a PM). But it left lots of traces in West Oakland because, being the western terminus of the transcontinental railroad (upon completion in 1869), lots of African American railroad porters eventually settled there -- and used their mobility working on the trains to distribute black papers across the country. It became the West Coast organizing center for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters when it was founded in 1925 by A. Philip Randolph; the main organizer in Oakland was C.L. Dellums (uncle to recent Oakland mayor Ron Dellums). In a published research report of Sonoma State University, entitled Sights and Sounds: Essays in Celebration of West Oakland, I found the following quote:
The Brotherhood also adopted many Wobbly songs, even using "Hold the Fort" as its anthem.
Thanks for this.