#a philip randolph

[arinzeture]

A. Philip Randolph died on this day in 1979. He was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, the labor movement and socialist political parties. He organised and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the 1st predominantly Black labor union and led the March on Washington. He also inspired the "Randolph" Freedom budget, which aimed to deal with the economic problems facing the Black community, particularly workers & the unemployed. After WWII, he pressured President Truman to end segregation in the armed services ❤️💚🖤

[afriblaq]

A. Philip Randolph turned down a blank check—because he refused to sell out his people. He didn’t just organize workers; he moved a nation.

[wondermutt20]

"Freedom is never given; it is won."

A. Philip Randolph - (1889-1979) - Politician and Civil Rights Activist

[odinsblog]

Look for the enemies of Medicare, of higher minimum wages, of Social Security, of Federal aid to education, and there you will find the enemy of the Negro, the coalition of Dixiecrats and reactionary Republicans that seek to dominate the Congress.

—A. Philip Randolph, speaking at The March on Washington 60 years ago

[weil-weil-lautre]

A Philip Randolph For Jobs and Freedom

[crunchybutter]

this just feels a little relevant rn.

Edit: alt text credit to the very kind @roamingghost

[lickmystamp]

US postage stamp, 1989 “A. Philip Randolph” Black Heritage Scott #2402

Issued: February 3, 1989 - New York City, New York Quantity: 151,675,000 Designer: Thomas Blackshear Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Photogravure)

To commemorate Randolph’s 100th birthday and mark the start of Black History Month. Asa Philip Randolph was an American labor unionist and civil rights activist. In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first successful African-American-led labor union. In the early Civil Rights Movement and the Labor Movement, Randolph was a prominent voice.

[todaysdocument]

President Lyndon B. Johnson Awards the Medal of Freedom to A. Philip Randolph

Collection LBJ-WHPO: White House Photo Office CollectionSeries: Johnson White House Photographs

This color photograph shows President Lyndon Johnson standing behind a podium.  He is turned away from the podium and shaking hands with A. Philip Randolph, the prominent African American labor leader.  Nearby, General Chester Clifton is holding the medal.  Behind the men is a gold colored curtain and an American flag.

[ausetkmt]

“Freedom is never given; it is won.” —A. Philip Randolph, civil rights activist

[ifelllikeastar]

A. Philip Randolph was a labor leader and social activist. During World War I, Randolph tried to unionize African American shipyard workers and elevator operators, and co-launched a magazine designed to encourage demand for higher wages. He later 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 he became the driving force in ending racial discrimination in government defense factories and 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.

Born Asa Philip Randolph on April 15, 1889 in Crescent City, Florida and died on May 16, 1979 in Manhattan, New York, New York at the age of 90.

[fdrlibrary]

Labor Day

During the war years, Eleanor Roosevelt developed a working relationship with labor leader and civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph (1889-1979). In September 1940, she was instrumental in arranging an Oval Office meeting with FDR for Randolph and Walter White to discuss racial discrimination and segregation in America’s military and defense industries. The following year, she worked with Randolph, Mary McLeod Bethune, Walter White, Pauli Murray, and others on efforts to commute the death sentence of Odell Waller, a Black sharecropper convicted of murder by an all-white jury in Virginia. After the war, Randolph and ER worked together on efforts to establish a permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission, foster other labor and civil rights causes, and support a new generation of leaders in the growing Civil Rights Movement.

Learn more about A. Philip Randolph in our current special exhibition BLACK AMERICANS, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND THE ROOSEVELTS: https://www.fdrlibrary.org/civil-rights-special-exhibit

📷: LOC Photo: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017840536/

#LaborDay

[moleshow]

politically speaking there's not really a way around (re-)organizing the private sector. the sort of broad base you need to prevail on big stuff has not been cultivated by the small-is-beautiful approach. you need to be able exert real pressure, and i'm not aware of where you'd get that except from labor. in the short-term that means ensuring that organizing can happen efficiently and effectively--but it's a big lift and will require a lot of effort. consistently. over extended periods of time.

[wondermutt20]

"Freedom is never given; it is won."

A. Philip Randolph - (1889-1979) - American Civil Rights Activist

[mariocki]

Murders in the Zoo (1933)

"Mr. Yates, never be afraid of a wild animal. Let it alone and it will leave you alone. That's more than you can say of most humans."

"You don't mean to say you really like these beasts?"

"I love them. Their honesty, their simplicity, their primitive emotions: they love, they hate, they kill."

[da-ill-spot]

Film: May The Lord Watch - The Little Brother Story