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A. Philip Randolph

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A. Philip Randolph And Boston's African-American Railroad Worker, James R. Green, Robert C. Hayden Sep 2012

A. Philip Randolph And Boston's African-American Railroad Worker, James R. Green, Robert C. Hayden

James R. Green

On October 8, 1988, a group of retired Pullman car porters and dining car waiters gathered in Boston's Back Bay Station for the unveiling of a larger-than-life statue of A. Philip Randolph. During the 1920s and 1930s, Randolph was a pioneering black labor leader who led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. He came to be considered the "father of the modern civil rights movement" as a result of his efforts to desegregate World War II defense jobs and the military services. Randolph's importance as a militant leader is highlighted by a quote inscribed on the base of the statue …

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A. Philip Randolph And The Struggle For Civil Rights By Cornelius L. Bynum, Cynthia Taylor Mar 2012

A. Philip Randolph And The Struggle For Civil Rights By Cornelius L. Bynum, Cynthia Taylor

Cynthia Taylor

A review of the book "A. Philip Randolph and the Struggle for Civil Rights," part of The New Black Studies Series, by Cornelius L. Bynum is presented.

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