doi:10.7916/d8-jedh-hg05Reminiscences of Asa Philip Randolph, 1972Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979oral historiesmixed materialRailroads--EmployeesLabor unions--Officials and employeesAfrican Americans--Social conditionsUnited States Politics and government 1901-1953Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979Boyhood, 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.