Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1889, Apr. 15 | Born, Crescent City, Fla. |
| 1911 | Moved to Harlem, New York, N.Y. |
| 1912 | Attended the College of the City of New York, New York, N.Y. |
| 1914 | Married Lucille E. Campbell (died 1963) |
| 1917-1928 | With Chandler Owen helped found, edit, and publish the Messenger |
| 1918 | Joined the Socialist Party Arrested for speaking out against American participation in World War I, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1920 | Organized the Friends of Negro Freedom |
| 1925 | Organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Called on President Calvin Coolidge to protest the lynching and plight of African Americans |
| 1925-1968 | International president, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters |
| 1935 | Won the right to represent the sleeping car porters with the Pullman Co. |
| 1936 | Founding president, National Negro Congress |
| 1937 | Negotiated the first wage agreement with the Pullman Co. |
| 1941 | Organized the March on Washington Movement Helped persuade President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802 establishing the Fair Employment Practices Committee |
| 1943 | Helped persuade President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 9346 establishing a new Fair Employment Practices Committee |
| 1948 | Encouraged President Harry S. Truman to issue Executive Orders 9980 and 9981 creating a Fair Employment Board and a President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services |
| 1951 | Conference with President Harry S. Truman led to Executive Order 10210 forbidding racial discrimination by government contractors |
| 1953 | Consultation between Randolph and other civil rights leaders and President Dwight D. Eisenhower led to Executive Order 10479 reconstituting the contract compliance agency and placing it under the chairmanship of the vice president |
| 1955 | Advised President Dwight D. Eisenhower to issue Executive Order 10590 establishing the President's Committee on Government Policy to enforce a nondiscrimination policy in federal employment Persuaded the AFL-CIO to outlaw racial discrimination |
| 1957-1968 | Vice president, AFL-CIO |
| 1959 | Founded the Negro American Labor Council |
| 1963 | National director, March on Washington |
| 1964 | Established the A. Philip Randolph Institute Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 1964-1968 | Influenced the passage of legislation establishing the civil rights and the voting rights acts |
| 1966 | Chairman, White House Conference "To Fulfill These Rights" |
| 1979, May 16 | Died, New York, N.Y. |