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#IDedicateThisWeekTo A. Phillip Randolph, a trailblazing leader, organizer and social activist who championed equitable labor rights for African-American communities during the 20th century.
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A. Phillip Randolph
He founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, which by 1937 would become the first official African-American labor union. In the 1940s, Randolph's abilities as an organizer had grown to such lengths that...
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He founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, which by 1937 would become the first official African-American labor union. In the 1940s, Randolph's abilities as an organizer had grown to such lengths that...
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A. Phillip Randolph
..he became the driving force in ending racial discrim in gov’t defense factories &desegregating the armed forces,both done via presidential decree.Becoming involved in additional civil rights work,he was a principal organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.
..he became the driving force in ending racial discrim in gov’t defense factories &desegregating the armed forces,both done via presidential decree.Becoming involved in additional civil rights work,he was a principal organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.
At the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. U get what U can take, and U keep what U can hold. If U can't take anything, U won't get anything, and if U can't hold anything, U won't keep anything. And U can't take anything without organization.
A. Philip Randolph
A. Philip Randolph
Justice is never given; it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political and religious relationship.
A. Phillip Randolph
A. Phillip Randolph
