Born in Crescent City on April 15, 1889, then raised and educated in Jacksonville, Florida Mr. Asa Philip Randolph was the son of an AME Minister and tailor father, and seamstress mother.

Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979), who received an honorary degree from Brandeis in 1969, founded the first independent black labor union in the United States when he organized the Brotherhood of ...

A host of tributes across America recognize the achievements of pioneering Black union leader A. Philip Randolph — his ...

Asa Philip Randolph founded and became the leader of The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), an African-American trade union. Randolph and his fellow porters were low paid, worked long ...