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- NAME: Asa Philip Randolph
- OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist
- BIRTH DATE: April 15, 1889
- DEATH DATE: May 16, 1979
- EDUCATION: City College of New York
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Crescent City, Florida
- PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
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A. Philip Randolph was a labor leader and social activist who fought for the rights of African-American laborers including better wages and working conditions.
A. Philip Randolph. (2012). Biography.com. Retrieved 05:02, May 16, 2012 from http://www.biography.com/people/a-philip-randolph-9451623
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Synopsis
Labor leader and social activist A. Philip Randolph was born April 15, 1889 in Crescent City, Florida. In World War I he tried to unionize African-American shipyard workers in Virginia and elevator operators in New York City, and founded a magazine designed to encourage African-American laborers to demand higher wages. Randolph was a principal organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.
Profile
Labor leader and social activist. Born April 15, 1889 in Crescent City, Florida. The son of a minister, he worked at a variety of jobs while gaining an education in Florida and then at City College of New York. He began his efforts on behalf of African-American laborers when, while working as a waiter on a coastal steamship, he organized a protest against their living conditions.
In World War I he tried to unionize African-American shipyard workers in Virginia and elevator operators in New York City, and founded the Messenger (1917), a magazine initially designed to encourage African-American laborers to demand higher wages. After the war, he became more convinced than ever that unions would be the best way for African-Americans to improve their lot.
In 1925, he founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and served as the president until 1968. A civil-rights leader also, he organized the March on Washington movement (1941), which forced the government to set up the Fair Employment Practices Committee, and he is credited with pressing President Truman to integrate the armed forces in 1948.
Randolph was a principal organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. He was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom the following year by Lyndon B. Johnson.
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