A. Philip Randolph

AsaPhilip Randolph (April 15, 1889 May 16, 1979) was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the American labor movement, and socialist political parties.

He organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first predominantly African American labor union. In the early Civil Rights Movement, Randolph led the March on Washington Movement, which convinced President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802 in 1941, banning discrimination in the defense industries during World War II. The group then successfully pressured President Harry S. Truman to issue Executive Order 9981 in 1948, ending segregation in the armed services.

In 1963, Randolph was the head of the March on Washington, which was organized by Bayard Rustin, at which Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech. Randolph inspired the Freedom budget, sometimes called the "Randolph Freedom budget", which aimed to deal with the economic problems facing the black community.

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Nashville Pride 12 Mar 2025
Asa Philip Randolph speaking beyond the grave to “look for the enemies of education, there you will find the enemy of the Negro” ... Philip Randolph speaking beyond the grave.

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(Historic Pullman Foundation) ... There will also be a ceremony where the National Railroad Hall of Fame will give a National Park medallion in honor of Philip Randolph, who was instrumental in helping to create the Brotherhood of Sleeping Porters ... .

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Additionally, the all-Republican 2018 Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute decision made it easy for states to target voters with postcards that look like junk mail and throw them off the voting rolls if they failed to return them ... Remember George W.
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