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Asa Philip Randolph [1] (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) ... Membership in the Brotherhood jumped to more than 7,000. After years of bitter struggle, the Pullman ...
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters founder A. Philip Randolph, the public face of the union, in 1942. Founded in 1925, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids (commonly referred to as the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, BSCP [1]) was the first labor organization led by African Americans to receive a charter in the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
Members had to be white males; [22] because the order did not admit Black people, A. Philip Randolph began organizing the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. [23] Using the motto "Fight or Be Slaves", on August 25, 1925, 500 porters met in Harlem and decided to make an effort to organize.
10,000 Black Men Named George is a 2002 Showtime TV movie about A. Philip Randolph and his coworkers Milton P. Webster and Ashley Totten. The title refers to the custom of the time when Pullman porters, all of whom were black, were addressed as "George"; a sobriquet for George Pullman, who owned the company that built the sleeping cars (and other Railroad cars) and the industry.
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) was founded in 1925. At its inception, Webster recruited A. Philip Randolph to serve as the President and chief spokesman of the newly formed union. Webster served as the first Vice President and head of the unions largest division, in his home town of Chicago.
In 1929, Dellums was elected a vice president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and became president in 1968. In the 1930s, Dellums was an officer in the NAACP Branch Office in Berkeley, California. Born in Corsicana, Texas, he was the uncle of Ron Dellums, a former congressman and mayor of Oakland.
A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum; B. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; F. A Freedom Budget for All Americans; M. The Messenger (magazine) R.
To promote the establishment of a permanent FEPC in the government, A. Philip Randolph recruited young feminists Anna Arnold Hedgeman in 1944 to work with a National Council to lobby for this goal. Because of limited funds, Hedgeman hired a staff of women and college students to help with the publicity and fundraising for the FEPC.