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12 de may. de 2024 · On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered in the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march was the brainchild of longtime civil rights activist and labor leader A. Philip Randolph. With the support of the gifted organizer Bayard Rustin, the march was a collaboration of all factions of the civil ...
Welcome to the A. Philip Randolph Square Neighborhood Alliance (The Alliance) of green and open spaces in Central Harlem South along Saint Nicholas Avenue that include the Roosevelt Triangle, Hancock Square, the Harriet Tubman Memorial, Marx Triangle, the 112th Greenspace, and A. Philip Randolph Square. The Alliance evolved from the Read More »
So abhorrent was the idea of thousands of Black workers marching on the United States capital in 1941 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt decided to meet with the man who was organizing the demonstration—Asa Philip Randolph—and see if he could persuade him to stand down. At 52, Randolph already had a long history of organizing successfully ...
On June 18, A. Philip Randolph and Walter White met at the White House with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of War Robert Paterson, and other officials. On June 25, the threat of the march prompted President Roosevelt to sign Executive Order 8802, which banned discrimination in defense industries receiving government contracts.
Asa Philip Randolph, né le 15 avril 1889 à Crescent City dans l'État de la Floride et mort à New York le 16 mai 1979 est un Afro-Américain qui fait partie des leaders du mouvement pour les droits civiques et du syndicalisme ouvrier noir notamment en fondant la Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, premier syndicat pour prendre la défense des ouvriers et employés afro-américains.
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Acknowledged as the greatest black labor leader in American history, A. Philip Randolph founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and was a pioneer in advancing racial equality within the labor movement. He was at the forefront of campaigns to improve wages and working conditions for black and white alike. As a long-time crusader for ...
