P. He questioned DuBois's professed stand against
violence and revolution.
Randolph said: "Doubtless DuBois is the only alleged leader of an
oppressed group of people in the world today who condemns
revolution." To Randolph, violence and revolution were not
anti-American, but were justified by the Declaration of
Independence.
During the twenties, Randolph tried several schemes to increase
black and white cooperation in unions. Along with Chandler Owen,
he founded the National Association for the Promotion of
Unionism among Negroes. The most successful of Randolph's efforts
came in 1925 when he established the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters. The Brotherhood appeared to demonstrate the futility of
his basic thesis. Randolph, who believed in biracial unionism,
had established, in the Brotherhood, an organization which, by
the nature of the occupation, was to be an exclusively black
union. He found himself being pushed relentlessly away from
biracial unionism into supporting racial organizations for
racial advancements.
In 1936, he played a key role in forming the National Negro
Congress.
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