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	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.
		Asa excelled in literature, drama and public speaking; starred on the school's baseball team; sang solos with its choir; and was valedictorian of the 1907 graduating class.
	www.aflcio.org /aboutaflcio/history/history/randolph.cfm?RenderForPrint=1 (966 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
		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.
		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.
	members.aol.com /efirpo/randolph.html (290 words)

	Asa Philip Randolph
		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.
		Philip Randolph was the son of a Methodist minister.
		Randolph moved to the Harlem district of New York City in 1911.
	members.aol.com /klove01/randolph.htm (495 words)

	Randolph, Asa Philip on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		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.
		Randolph retired from the presidency of the union in 1968, although he continued in his position as a vice president of the AFL-CIO.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/R/RndlphA1P1.asp (494 words)

	Asa Philip Randolph
		The son of a minister, Randolph was born April 15, 1889, in Crescent City, Florida, grew up in Jacksonville, and graduated from the Cookman Institute in 1907.
		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.
		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.
	archive.blackvoices.com /research/encarta/tt_106.asp (812 words)

	A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum
		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.
		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.
	www.aphiliprandolphmuseum.com /history.html (268 words)

	Randolph: About Randolph
		Randolph Elementary School is located on the southwest side of Chicago (7300 South and 2100 West).
		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.
	www.randolph.cps.k12.il.us /About/About.htm (282 words)

	Governor's Office - Black History Month - Asa Philip Randolph (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Randolph and his wife were devoted to each other and sustained a lifelong partnership, though Randolph's radical activities often cost Lucille clientele.
		Randolph moved to secure formal affiliation with the AF of L and was finally granted an international charter.
		Randolph was a bridge between the many different groups participating in the march and kept the coalition from splintering.
	www.myflorida.com /myflorida/governorsoffice/black_history/bios/asa_randolph.html (1366 words)

	Asa Phillip Randolph (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		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.
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	Asa Philip Randolph (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Asa Philip Randolph was born on April 15th, 1889 in Crescent City, FL.
		Randolph continued to fight for African-American rights and was a national spokesperson in the 1940's and 50's.
		Randolph was an organizer of the March on Washington, a peaceful protesting demonstration.
	www.geocities.com /kelbutler/randolph.htm (349 words)

	Philip Randolph
		In his final years Randolph worked closely with Bayard Rustin in the AFL-CIO funded, Philip Randolph Institute, that was established in 1966.
		Philip Randolph was one of the finest, most engaging men I had ever met.
		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)

	CWA Local 4319: REMEMBERING A PHILIP RANDOLPH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Randolph, as well as a chronology of his life.
		Asa Philip Randolph's opponents called him the "most dangerous fl 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 fl labor leader in the country.
	www.cwa4319.org /asa1.html (609 words)

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

	A. Phillip Randolph (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		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.
		The Randolphs moved to Jacksonville in 1891, where both Asa and his older brother, James, excelled in school.
		Randolph continued into the limelight and became a very visible national spokesperson for African-American rights in the 1940s and 1950s.
	www.wntb.com /blackachievers/aphilliprandolph (351 words)

	Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. - Mu Rho Chapter - Version 1.9.1914 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Asa Philip Randolph was a renown civil rights activist who called for the March on Washington.
		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.
		Later, Randolph served as president emeritus of the BSCP and a vice- president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.
	studentorgs.utexas.edu /sigmas/aprandolph.html (821 words)

	African American Journey: Randolph, A Philip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Philip Randolph (1889-1979) played a leading role in the struggle for fl 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.
		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.
	www.worldbook.com /wc/features/aajourney/html/bh073.html (194 words)

	Global Mappings: Asa Philip Randolph
		Randolph and his union played a central role in the campaign against discriminatory hiring practices that culminated in mobilizing 100,000 fl people for a March on Washington to take place on July 1, 1941.
		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).
		Randolph was not only the first national leader of the fl urban working class but also a central force in the civil rights movement of the twentieth century.
	diaspora.northwestern.edu /mbin/WebObjects/DiasporaX.woa/wa/displayArticle?atomid=687 (1035 words)

	Harmon Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		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.
		In 1917, Randolph founded the militant and revolutionary magazine The Messenger, which was dedicated to the principles of labor unionism and socialism among fls.
		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.
	www.npg.si.edu /exh/harmon/aranharm.htm (188 words)

	Asa Philip Randolph
		Philip Randolph; A Spokesman for Justice in the Labor Movement (Los Angeles Sentinel)
		Philip Randolph: patriarch of the Black labor movement (Philadelphia Tribune, The)
		Philip Randolph led Black labor movement: His far-reaching influences broke barriers while impacting on civil and social empowerment (Philadelphia Tribune, The)
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0841110.html (492 words)

	Newsletter
		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.
		Asa Philip Randolph achieved fame by organizing the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first fl union in the country.
		In 1955 Randolph became the first fl 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.
	www.nycgovparks.org /sub_newsroom/daily_plants/daily_plant_main.php?id=18027 (619 words)

	The White House Historical Association > Classroom
		In that year, Randolph had all of the attributes of a charismatic leader: "handsome, tall, imposing in stature and bearing, and possessed of a magnificent speaking voice."1 Randolph had an excellent reputation as a smart, no-nonsense labor organizer.
		Randolph joined with NAACP head Walter White and other fl leaders to publicize their true feelings on these issues, and they immediately asked for another conference with the president.
		After a meeting with Randolph in New York, Eleanor told her husband that the only hope for halting this march was for him to meet with Randolph at the White House.
	www.whitehousehistory.org /04/subs/04_a03_d01.html (2602 words)

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

	History Channel - Speeches - A. Philip Randolph, African-American civil rights and labor leader: On the struggle for ...
		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.
		In 1955, Randolph was made vice president of the nation's massive new labor federation, the AFL-CIO.
		Randolph retired from public life in 1968 after over forty years as president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
	www.historychannel.com /speeches/archive/speech_226.html (346 words)

	Explore DC: A. Philip Randolph
		Asa Philip Randolph was born April 15, 1889 in Crescent City, Florida.
		The Randolphs moved to Jacksonville in 1891, where Asa graduated at the top of his class at the Cookman Institute, the first high school for African Americans in Florida.
		In the late 1950s during a time of harsh economic recession that was disproportionately affecting fls, Randolph called for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
	www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=302 (479 words)

	We Shall Overcome -- Dunbar Apartments
		Labor reformer and unionist Asa Philip Randolph, one of many influential African Americans who lived at the Dunbar Apartments, battled racism in American industry.
		As a labor leader championing equality for Pullman's railroad porters, Randolph spoke before 500 Pullman porters who had met secretly in 1925 in order to avoid their employer's notorious unionization busting.
		By the 1950s, civil rights leaders recognized Randolph, the first African American vice-president of the American Federation of Labor, as an elder statesman, and in that role he organized the Washington, D.C., youth marches, Prayer Pilgrimage and 1963 march.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/civilrights/ny2.htm (398 words)

	Asa Philip Randolph - Silver Chips Online
		In 1925, Randolph became an organizer of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a majority fl group which was able to win a contract with a railroad company in 1937.
		This achievement made Randolph a key figure in the labor movement, and soon after, he headed the National Negro Congress but resigned in 1940 after learning of the group's Communist affiliation.
		Throughout his life, Randolph fought against discrimination for the fl working class, and his background in diverse literature enabled him to approach various issues with a certain rationality that distinguished his efforts from those of the southern civil rights movement.
	silverchips.mbhs.edu /inside.php?sid=4946 (366 words)

	AMAsearchdetail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Asa Philip Randolph, born in Crescent City, Florida, was one of the great fl American labor leaders.
		Randolph formed a small New York union of elevator operators in 1917 and founded his magazine, the Messenger that same year.
		Randolph, as a powerful organizer of African-American workers, influenced President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his decision to establish the Fair Employment Practices Committee in 1941 and President Harry S. Truman in his decision to desegregate the armed forces in 1948.
	www.fofweb.com /onfiles/ama/amasearchdetail.asp?recordpin=8056 (135 words)

	FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION : PRESS ROOM
		Asa Philip Randolph was born in Cresent City, Florida on April 15, 1889.
		In New York Randolph worked as a porter, railroad waiter, and an elevator operator.
		Philip Randolph founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a union for Black Pullman railroad car attendants.
	www.fra.dot.gov /us/content/1385 (135 words)

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