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A. Philip Randolph - Term Papers

A. Philip Randolph

At a time when protests were neither popular nor safe, the early 1920s, A Philip Randolph iniated the Brotherhood of sleeping car porters. , born in in Crescent City Florida, was reared in the tradition of the abolitionists. This upbringing instiled in him a social conscience that led him to join the civil rights struggle. His career began when he ran for state office in New York on the socialists ticket. The brotherhood approached him about leading their efforts to unionize. Being an outsider he was immune from retaliation from the company. After strikes and boycotts he finally won representation rights for the brotherhood. This victory gave Randolph credibility which he ...

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history have almost ignored the accomplishments of . This treatment is not suprising since the behind the scenes leaders of movements are often forgotten except by those who participated in the movement.
Anyone present in the 1940s civil rights struggle certainly remebers the great strength, power and compassion of . Furthemore his accomplishments will stand the test of time and history will judge him as one of the most influential leaders of the civil rights struggle even if contemporary historians do not. The purpose of this essay is not to discount the accmplishments of any other civil rights leader but to instill into the minds of a younger generation the name of with the likes of Martin Luther King and Booker T. Washington. ...

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Added: 6/8/2004 08:00:20 AM
Category: Biographies
Type: Free Paper
Words: 310
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