A. Phillip Randolph

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...significant civil rights leader to emerge from the labor movement (Stein, 1991). His name is not as well-known as that of Martin Luther King, however, Randolph was a principal motivator of his generation and a pioneer in obtaining rights for black Americans. His career as a political activist begins early in the twentieth century, decades before the civil rights movement and examination of his work suggests that his early successes in gaining rights for black Americans laid the necessary groundwork upon which 1960s civil rights movement was built.
Randolph was born to a religious household on April 15, 1889. His father was a AME minister who also operated a tailoring business. Education was considered to be a priority and both Randolph and his brother attended the Cookman Institute, where they excelled (Brown, 2005). He left his home in Crescent City, Florida for New York City in 1911 and worked during the day so that he could attend City College by night (Stein, 1991). During this time, he read...

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