Following passage of the Voting Rights Act, APRI was co-founded in 1968 by A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin. APRI forged an alliance between the civil rights movement and the labor movement.
The American Civil Liberties Union and partner organizations filed a lawsuit challenging Ohio’s practice of ‘purging’ or removing people who vote infrequently from its voting rolls, charging that it ...
Rightfully, a host of tributes across America recognize the achievements of pioneering Black union leader A. Philip Randolph — his historic founding of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union, ...
NEWARK, N.J.-- A new statue of A. Philip Randolph, the civil rights icon, was unveiled Monday in Newark. It's artist Sterling Brown's latest labor of love. "More should be done to let people know who ...
Ask most people who led the 1963 March on Washington and they'll probably tell you Martin Luther King, Jr. But the real force behind the event was the man many call the pre-eminent black labor leader ...
WARREN — The Trumbull County Chapter of the A. Philip Randolph Institute hosted its annual scholarship roast at DiVieste’s Banquet Center Saturday and Deryck Toles, founder and CEO of Inspiring Minds, ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – If anyone knows what it’s like to overcome, it’s A. Philip Randolph Career Academies senior Martin Folsom. Despite being homeless and having spent time living in shelters with his ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In an effort to save money, a proposal to close nearly 30 Duval County Public Schools is on the table. The closings could eliminate a handful of magnet schools, including A.
A Randolph County man was arrested after he allegedly committed sexual battery against a teen, according to the Lynn Police ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A master organizer, A. Philip Randolph (1889–1979) fought economic and racial inequality in very public ways. He organized the Brotherhood of ...