A. Philip Randolph

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  • An Influential Birth

    Born to two supporters of the African American Civil Rights activists.
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    Youth

    Spent most of his youth in Jacksonville, Florida.

  • First political advancement

    Along with Chandler Owen, formed the Brotherhood of Labor, an employment agency to help organize black workers.

  • The Messenger

    Chandler Owen and Philip Randolph founded this political magazine. This magazine published articles including the inclusion of more blacks in the armed forces and war industry, and demanding higher wages.

  • Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

    Fought to gain inclusion in the American Federation of Labor.

  • Membership into the AFL

    The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters gained membership into the AFL. This made the Brotherhood the first African-American union in the United States.

  • March on Washington

    organized 250,000 people to march on Washington D.C. to protest discrimination in working areas.

  • League for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Against Military Segregation

    The league's actions eventually lead to President Truman to pass an executive order in 1948 that desegregated the Armed Forces.

  • Youth March for Integrated Schools

    Shared the podium with Martin Luther King Jr. as they both spoke to nearly 250,000 people against segregated schools. After King's "I Have a Dream" speech, Randolph, King, and a few other leaders met with President John F. Kennedy.

  • Awards

    Randolph was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work in the Civil Rights movement. The medal was given by president Lyndon B. Johnson.

  • A. Philip Randolph Institute

    Randolph founded an organization to study poverty.

  • Freedom Budgets proposal

    At a White House conference, Randolph proposed the poverty-elliminating program named "Freedom Budgets."

  • Death

    Died in New York City from high blood pressure and heart problems.