| LC control no. | n 50053913 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 |
| Variant(s) | Randolph, Asa Philip, 1889- |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1889-04-15 |
| Death date | 1979-05-16 |
| Place of birth | Crescent City (Fla.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Cookman Institute (Jacksonville, Fla.) City University of New York. City College Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters National Negro Congress (U.S.) American Federation of Labor Negro American Labor Council |
| Profession or occupation | Civil rights workers Labor leaders Editors |
| Found in | His The Messenger, 1919-28. Hanley, S. A. Philip Randolph, c1989: p. 107 (d. 5-16-79) The Biography Channel, via WWW, November 7, 2013 (A. Philip Randolph; labor leader and social activist; born Asa Philip Randolph on April 15, 1889 in Crescent City, Florida; during World War I, Randolph tried to unionize African-American shipyard workers in Virginia and elevator operators in New York City, and founded a magazine designed to encourage African-American laborers to demand higher wages; in 1963, he was a principal organizer of the March on Washington; he died in New York City on May 16, 1979) NUCMC data from Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (Howard Univ.) for His Interview, 1969 Jan. 14 (Randolph, A. Philip (1889-1979); president, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) African American National Biography, accessed March 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Randolph, A. Philip; Asa Philip Randolph; civil rights activist, labor leader, editor; born 15 April 1889 in Crescent City, Florida, United States; graduated from Cookman Institute, Florida; attended City College, New York (1912-1917); joined the Socialist Party (1916); created the Messenger (1917), a benchmark publication of the New Negro movement; became head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP); affiliated with American Federation of Labor (AFL) (1928) and member of the executive council of AFL-CIO (1955); was elected president of National Negro Congress (NNC) (1936), Negro American Labor Council (NALC) (1959-1964), and A. Philip Randolph Institute (1964); died 16 May 1979 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States) |
| Associated language | eng |
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