ABSTRACT
In "The Economic Crisis of the Negro" (Opportunity 9 [May 1931J: 145-49), Randolph offered his analysis of the economic crisis confronting the western world in general and African Americans in particular. While calling for a shorter work week and additional social legislation, he argued that the longterm solution would be found in increased organization of labor, long-range economic planning, and the development of effective consumers' and producers' cooperatives. (The footnote that originally appeared with this article has been placed in the text in parentheses.)
WE are in the grip of an intensive and extensive economic crisis. It is severe. It is stubborn. It is baffling. It involves the business man, the worker, the doctor, the lawyer, the teacher, the preacher and the farmer, the buyer, the seller, the tenant, the landlord-all.
