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Apr 2, 2014 · (1889-1979) Who Was A. Philip Randolph? A. Philip Randolph was a labor leader and social activist. During World War I, Randolph tried to unionize African American shipyard workers and...
A. Philip Randolph brought the gospel of trade unionism to millions of African American households. Randolph led a 10-year drive to organize the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) and served as the organization's first president.
May 13, 2019 · Published on May 13, 2019. Asa Philip Randolph was born April 15, 1889, in Crescent City, Florida, and died May 16, 1979, in New York City. He was a civil rights and labor activist, known for his role in organizing the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and for heading the March on Washington.
About. A. Philip Randolph. The words and deeds of A. Philip Randolph show us the unyielding strength of his life-long struggle for full human rights for the Blacks and all the disinherited of the nation. In his cry for freedom and justice, Mr. Randolph is echoing the fury of all the enslaved.
April 15, 1889 to May 16, 1979. A. Philip Randolph, whom Martin Luther King, Jr., called “truly the Dean of Negro leaders,” played a crucial role in gaining recognition of African Americans in labor organizations ( Papers 4:527 ). A socialist and a pacifist, Randolph founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first successful ...
Courtesy: National Archives. A. Philip Randolph was one of the most influential African American leaders of the twentieth century. From 1917 until his death on May 16, 1979, Randolph worked...
A. Philip Randolph had risen to political prominence through his work on organized labor and was now president of the nation’s most powerful all-Black labor union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP). He knew something needed to be done to root out segregation in the armed forces.
