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Contents page, The Messenger, November 1917.
Randolph and Owen described their publication, priced at 15 cents, as "the first voice of radical, revolutionary, economic and political action among Negroes in America." By 1919, Justice Department officials singled it out as being "by long odds the most able and the most dangerous of all the Negro publciations." Publication ended in 1928. From 1929 to 1968, The Black Worker succeeded The Messenger as the official organ of the BSCP. As editor, Randolph used the tabloid as a propaganda vehicle to augment the BSCP's organizational strength and to influence porters' moral values. Photograph courtesy: A. Philip Randolph Institute. |