First off, the provincialism of NYers is a bit wearying. They're almost as boring as Texans with their incessant bragging. I say this only because I got a jolt when the brutha started off by talking about Harlem as if it had anything to do with either the Black Pullman Porter's union or the 1963 March on Washington. **sigh**
At any rate, while I admire the man, I feel the video is skewed in it's admiration. While A. Philip Randolph did start up the Black Pullman Porter's Union, and did THREATEN.... but never did so! ....to march on Washington during FDR's administration, his influence on Dr. King, I feel, is overplayed... and to make him the architect of the 1964 March on Washington is just WRONG! Bayard Rustin was the architect of that march and there is NO denying it.
Nonetheless, God blessed us when He sent us A. Phillip Randolph.
First off, the provincialism of NYers is a bit wearying. They're almost as boring as Texans with their incessant bragging. I say this only because I got a jolt when the brutha started off by talking about Harlem as if it had anything to do with either the Black Pullman Porter's union or the 1963 March on Washington. **sigh**
At any rate, while I admire the man, I feel the video is skewed in it's admiration. While A. Philip Randolph did start up the Black Pullman Porter's Union, and did THREATEN.... but never did so! ....to march on Washington during FDR's administration, his influence on Dr. King, I feel, is overplayed... and to make him the architect of the 1964 March on Washington is just WRONG! Bayard Rustin was the architect of that march and there is NO denying it.
Nonetheless, God blessed us when He sent us A. Phillip Randolph.
I made my obsveration - I'm tired of the provincialism.The video was about A. Phillip Randolph particularly. He had a strong presence in NYC. It's not provincialism. A. Phillip Randolph, among other things, ran for New York State Comptroller and Secretary of New York State in the early 1920s. He was active in New York as the narrator said.
1963 March, but yes there is denying of Rustin being Architect. Rustin was the Organizer. A. Phillip Randolph was the Architect.
We travel back in time to Ebony's November 1963 issue:
http://books.google.com/books?id=zvkMMATVAnwC&pg=PA35#v=onepage&q&f=false
One caption reads:
Father of March: Asa Phillip Randolph, who conceived the idea of a March on Washington and became director of the 1963 project, leads surging wave. . . ..
Another caption reads:
Chief of staff of mammoth operation Bayard Rustin . . .. Rustin organized march . . .. He is given credit for solving logistical problems . . ..