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Asa Philip Randolph Philip Randolph was the son of a Methodist minister. Asa Philip Randolph was born on April 15, 1889, in Crescent City, Fla., U.S. He was a trade unionist and civil-rights leader who was a dedicated and persistent leader in the struggle for justice and parity for the African American community. Randolph moved to the Harlem district of New York City in 1911. members.aol.com /klove01/randolph.htm   (495 words)

Asa Philip Randolph Randolph wrote for Opportunity, the journal of the Urban League, and founded the A. Philip Randolph Institute of New York City, an educational institute where minority youths could be trained for skilled jobs. Asa Randolph was the son of a Methodist minister. Randolph was appointed to the executive council and became the union's vice president in 1957. members.aol.com /efirpo/randolph.html   (290 words)

A. Philip Randolph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Asa Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889– May 16, 1979) was a socialist who was active in the labor movement and the US civil rights movement. Randolph's parents objected to his dramatic aspirations, so while at the City College of New York, he switched his studies to politics and economics. Randolph was also notable in his support for restrictions on immigration. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A._Philip_Randolph   (516 words)

Asa Philip Randolph (1889 - 1979) Asa Philip Randolph was born April 15, 1889, in Crescent City, Fla., the second son of the Rev. James William Randolph, a tailor and ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, and Elizabeth Robinson Randolph, a skilled seamstress. Randolph remembered vividly the night his mother sat in the front room of their house with a loaded shotgun across her lap, while his father tucked a pistol under his coat and went off to prevent a mob from lynching a man in the local county jail. For the next 10 years, Randolph led an arduous campaign to organize the Pullman porters, which resulted in the certification of the BSCP as the exclusive collective bargaining agent of the Pullman porters in 1935. www.aflcio.org /aboutaflcio/history/history/randolph.cfm?RenderForPrint=1   (966 words)

Asa Philip Randolph Philip Randolph was the son of a Methodist minister. Asa Philip Randolph was born on April 15, 1889, in Crescent City, Fla., U.S. He was a trade unionist and civil-rights leader who was a dedicated and persistent leader in the struggle for justice and parity for the African American community. In an echo of his activities of 1941, Randolph was a director of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which brought more than 200,000 people to the capital on Aug. 28, 1963, to demonstrate support for civil-rights policies for African Americans. members.aol.com /klove01/randolph.htm   (495 words)

A. Philip Randolph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philip Randolph Exhibit at the George Meany Memorial Archives of the National Labor College. Randolph was also notable in his support for restrictions on immigration. Randolph's parents objected to his dramatic aspirations, so while at the City College of New York, he switched his studies to politics and economics. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A._Philip_Randolph   (551 words)

Asa Philip Randolph (1889 - 1979) Asa Philip Randolph was born April 15, 1889, in Crescent City, Fla., the second son of the Rev. James William Randolph, a tailor and ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, and Elizabeth Robinson Randolph, a skilled seamstress. Randolph remembered vividly the night his mother sat in the front room of their house with a loaded shotgun across her lap, while his father tucked a pistol under his coat and went off to prevent a mob from lynching a man in the local county jail. Randolph directed the March on Washington movement to end employment discrimination in the defense industry and a national civil disobedience campaign to ban segregation in the armed forces. www.aflcio.org /aboutaflcio/history/history/randolph.cfm   (1066 words)

Asa Philip Randolph Although many civil rights leaders focused on voting, education, and other governmental functions, A. Philip Randolph spent his long career as a labor leader working to bring more and better jobs to African Americans. Randolph's brainchild, the March on Washington Movement, bore new fruit in 1963 with the help of Bayard Rustin and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who, along with Randolph, mobilized the largest demonstration of the Civil Rights Movement. Randolph continued to fight for racial and economic justice in the late 1930s as president of the National Negro Congress before resigning in protest over its increasing domination by Communists. archive.blackvoices.com /research/encarta/tt_106.asp   (812 words)

CWA Local 4319: REMEMBERING A PHILIP RANDOLPH Asa Philip Randolph's opponents called him the "most dangerous black man in America." Born in 1889, he was the son of a preacher and a mother whose family had been slaves. Randolph emerges as the first major black labor leader in the country. Randolph, as well as a chronology of his life. www.cwa4319.org /asa1.html   (609 words)

Randolph: About Randolph PHILIP RANDOLPH was born in Crescent City, Florida in 1889. Randolph was one of the major forces behind the historic 1963 civil rights march in Washington. Randolph Elementary School is located on the southwest side of Chicago (7300 South and 2100 West). www.randolph.cps.k12.il.us /About/About.htm   (282 words)

Governor's Office - Black History Month - Asa Philip Randolph Asa Philip Randolph was born April 15, 1889 in Crescent City, Florida, one of two sons of Reverend James William and Elizabeth Robinson Randolph, both descendants of slaves. Randolph was a bridge between the many different groups participating in the march and kept the coalition from splintering. Randolph moved to secure formal affiliation with the AF of L and was finally granted an international charter. www.myflorida.com /myflorida/governorsoffice/black_history/bios/asa_randolph.html   (1366 words)

A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum Philip Randolph was an intelligent and fair leader who devoted decades of his life to his vision of a more moral and civilized American society. The A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum was founded in 1995 by Lyn Hughes, its current director. Randolph was the chief organizer and founder of the BSCP, the first African-American labor union in the country to win a collective bargaining agreement. www.aphiliprandolphmuseum.com /history.html   (268 words)

King Encyclopedia Randolph, the youngest son of a poor preacher deeply committed to racial politics, was born in Crescent City, Florida, on 15 April 1889. Randolph served as a spokesman for blacks and other minority groups and worked to end discriminatory practices in organized labor. Randolph and the council helped initiate the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Martin Luther King, Jr. www.stanford.edu /group/King/about_king/encyclopedia/randolph_a_philip.htm   (585 words)

A. Philip Randolph Bio Philip Randolph, the labor leader, is also a dreamer of dreams He has tried to put flesh and bones on his dreams by working for a labor movement that would be free of all prejudice and which would play a key role in changing society for the better. At the heart of A. Philip Randolph's vision as a socialist is his belief that a decent and well-paying job is the first step towards social and political freedom. Randolph was an integrationist, he believed that organizations which had come into existence to wage the Black and working class struggle, ought to be headed by the leaders from those groups. www.apri.org /index.php?display=ShowPage&i=225&pid=225   (2523 words)

American Experience Marcus Garvey People & Events Philip Randolph was one of the most influential African American leaders of the twentieth century. Randolph continued to be an outspoken advocate for equality, and took a leading role in efforts to redress discrimination in employment and the armed forces. Randolph's leadership was critical to the end of segregation in the armed forces. www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/garvey/peopleevents/p_randolph.html   (380 words)

A Philip Randolph Philip Randolph, who had publicly expressed the belief that “nothing short of organized and dramatic mass protest and pressure could place the cause of the Negro in the mainstream of public of public opinion,” proposed a “March on Washington Movement,” with chapters in every major city. Randolph realized, however, that the President was inclined to admit that the demands he was making for the Negroes of America were just and Randolph proposed an executive order forbidding discrimination in industry. Randolph is said to have repeated his demand for an executive order and expressed his determination to march if the order was not forthcoming. www.nathanielturner.com /aphiliprandolph.htm   (1333 words)

Asa Phillip Randolph Asa Philip Randolph was the son of a Methodist (AME) Pastor. When the AF of L and the CIO merged in 1955, Randolph was appointed to the executive council and became Vice President in 1957. Randolph was appointed the honorary chairman of the White House Conference on Civil Rights in 1966. esperstamps.org /h12.htm   (398 words)

MSN Encarta - A. Philip Randolph Randolph, A(sa) Philip (1889-1979), American labor leader, born in Crescent City, Florida. In 1957 Randolph was elected a vice president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. A longtime supporter of civil liberties, Randolph was instrumental in persuading President Franklin D. Roosevelt to set up the Fair Employment Practices Committee. encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761568261   (207 words)

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. - Mu Rho Chapter - Version 1.9.1914 The son of an itinerant minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, A. Philip Randolph was born in Crescent City, Florida, on April 15, 1889. Asa Philip Randolph was a renown civil rights activist who called for the March on Washington. The American labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph (1889-1979), considered the most prominent of all African American trade unionists, was one of the major figures in the struggle for civil rights. studentorgs.utexas.edu /sigmas/aprandolph.html   (821 words)

History Channel - Speeches - A. Philip Randolph, African-American civil rights and labor leader: On the struggle for racial equality Asa Philip Randolph, trade unionist and African-American civil rights leader, was born in Crescent City, Florida, on April 15, 1889, the son of a Methodist minister. Randolph retired from public life in 1968 after over forty years as president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. In 1955, Randolph was made vice president of the nation's massive new labor federation, the AFL-CIO. www.historychannel.com /speeches/archive/speech_226.html   (346 words)

Global Mappings: Asa Philip Randolph Among his roles as labor leader, journalist, reformer, author, lecturer, service industry employee, railroad employee, political figure, and educator, Asa Philip Randolph may best be remembered as the "most influential black trade unionist in American history" whose work forged the path for the black activism of the 1950s and 1960s. Randolph was not only the first national leader of the black urban working class but also a central force in the civil rights movement of the twentieth century. Randolph called the march off in June after President Roosevelt agreed to sign Executive Order 8802, which prohibited "discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race, creed, color, or national origin" and established a Committee on Fair Employment Practices (FEPC). diaspora.northwestern.edu /mbin/WebObjects/DiasporaX.woa/wa/displayArticle?atomid=687   (1035 words)

African American Journey: Randolph, A Philip Asa Philip Randolph was born in Crescent City, Fla., but moved to New York City as a young man. He held odd jobs during the day and attended City College of New York at night. Philip Randolph (1889-1979) played a leading role in the struggle for black rights from the 1920's through the 1960's. In 1925, Randolph founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (now part of the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks), a union he headed until 1968. www.worldbook.com /wc/features/aajourney/html/bh073.html   (194 words)

Harmon Collection Many civil rights activists dismissed Asa Philip Randolph in his later years as too conservative in his approach to breaking down the barriers of racial segregation. Randolph and his publication became catalysts for the integration of American labor, and played a decisive role in pressing for the establishment in 1941 of the Fair Employment Practices Committee, the first federal effort to eliminate racial discrimination from the workplace. In 1917, Randolph founded the militant and revolutionary magazine The Messenger, which was dedicated to the principles of labor unionism and socialism among blacks. www.npg.si.edu /exh/harmon/aranharm.htm   (188 words)

Newsletter In 1955 Randolph became the first black vice-president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), and in 1965 he founded the A. Philip Randolph Institute, dedicated to advancing the causes of labor and civil rights. Asa Philip Randolph achieved fame by organizing the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first black union in the country. The march’s principal (and principled) organizers were Bayard Rustin (1912-1987) and Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979), who are honored by a monument and park respectively. www.nycgovparks.org /sub_newsroom/daily_plants/daily_plant_main.php?id=18027   (619 words)

Philip Randolph Philip Randolph was one of the finest, most engaging men I had ever met. In his final years Randolph worked closely with Bayard Rustin in the AFL-CIO funded, Philip Randolph Institute, that was established in 1966. Randolph's speech cautioned the Negro that it would be foolish for him to tie up his own interests with the foreign policy of the Soviet Union or any other nation of the world. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USArandolph.htm   (2219 words)

Asa Philip Randolph Randolph retired from the presidency of the union in 1968, although he continued in his position as a vice president of the AFL-CIO. Randolph was also one of the most prominent leaders in the fight against segregation in the armed forces. In 1963, Randolph was director of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, one of the largest civil-rights demonstrations ever conducted in the United States. www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0841110.html   (492 words)

randolph.html In his long career of leadership, visionary African-American labor leader Asa Philip Randolph was the voice of the black working class in a rapidly changing America. Randolph, often hailed as the dean of black leadership, continued to fight for African-American rights until the late 1960s. Randolph moved to Harlem in New York City in 1911. www.nscorp.com /nscorphtml/aarm/randolph.html   (353 words)

Randolph, Asa Philip on Encyclopedia.com Philip Randolph; A Spokesman for Justice in the Labor Movement Randolph retired from the presidency of the union in 1968, although he continued in his position as a vice president of the AFL-CIO. Randolph was also one of the most prominent leaders in the fight against segregation in the armed forces. encyclopedia.infonautics.com /html/R/RndlphA1P1.asp   (554 words)

MSN Encarta - A. Philip Randolph Philip Randolph (1889-1979), American labor leader, born in Crescent City, Florida. In 1957 Randolph was elected a vice president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. A longtime supporter of civil liberties, Randolph was instrumental in persuading President Franklin D. Roosevelt to set up the Fair Employment Practices Committee. encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761568261   (259 words)

Governor's Office - Black History Month - Asa Philip Randolph Asa Philip Randolph was born April 15, 1889 in Crescent City, Florida, one of two sons of Reverend James William and Elizabeth Robinson Randolph, both descendants of slaves. Randolph was a bridge between the many different groups participating in the march and kept the coalition from splintering. Randolph and his wife were devoted to each other and sustained a lifelong partnership, though Randolph's radical activities often cost Lucille clientele. www.myflorida.com /myflorida/governorsoffice/black_history/bios/asa_randolph.html   (1366 words)

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