Randolph, A. Philip
1889–1979 · Contribution: 1910s–1970s
Labor organizer, civil-rights leader, publisher
Labor organizer who led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and linked Black civil rights with economic justice
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Quick facts
- Born
- 1889, Crescent City, Florida
- Active since
- 1910s
- Category
- Law & Civil Rights
- Best known for
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car PortersCollective bargaining for Pullman porters1963 March on Washington
Impact on the world
Randolph demonstrated that civil rights and economic rights were inseparable, helping Black workers gain bargaining power and establishing organizing models later used by the civil-rights movement.
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Library of Congress: A. Philip Randolph and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
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