At 22 years old, the man who would become the "founding father" of America’s civil rights movement, gave up on Jacksonville. Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979) was the youngest of two boys born in ...

Born in Crescent City, Fla., Asa Philip Randolph came into the world on April 15, 1889 to James William Randolph and Elizabeth Robinson Randolph. Together, the tailor and the seamstress laid a firm ...

Throughout February, we’ll be highlighting historical African American figures who’ve had an impact in their fields, whether that be art, music, politics or sports. All of them have a Florida ...

Good morning, class. Welcome to this session of African-American History and U.S. Labor Relations 101. Let's begin today with a pop quiz. Who can tell us about A. Philip Randolph? Who was he and what ...

The fact that the meeting was even happening was enough to produce an air of subversive excitement. On August 25, 1925, a ...

Adonnica Toler, museum administrator at the Ritz Theatre and Museum in LaVilla, came back to her office one day and found something waiting for her. Leaning against a chair was a yellowed document, ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has reported one person killed in a shooting reported near Philip Randolph Blvd. At 6:10 p.m., Officers responded to the intersection of Philip ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The only Black labor history museum in the world is celebrating 29 years, with new expansions on the way. The National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum tells the story of the ...

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A. Phillip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and chairman of the March on Washington Movement, speaks at the FEPC (Fair Employment Practices Committee) Day Rally at ...