Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979

found: The Biography Channel, via WWW, November 7, 2013(A. Philip Randolph; labor leader and social activist; born Asa Philip Randolph on April 15, 1889 in Crescent City, Florida; during World War I, Randolph tried to unionize African-American shipyard workers in Virginia and elevator operators in New York City, and founded a magazine designed to encourage African-American laborers to demand higher wages; in 1963, he was a principal organizer of the March on Washington; he died in New York City on May 16, 1979)

found: NUCMC data from Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (Howard Univ.) for His Interview, 1969 Jan. 14(Randolph, A. Philip (1889-1979); president, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters)

found: African American National Biography, accessed March 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Randolph, A. Philip; Asa Philip Randolph; civil rights activist, labor leader, editor; born 15 April 1889 in Crescent City, Florida, United States; graduated from Cookman Institute, Florida; attended City College, New York (1912-1917); joined the Socialist Party (1916); created the Messenger (1917), a benchmark publication of the New Negro movement; became head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP); affiliated with American Federation of Labor (AFL) (1928) and member of the executive council of AFL-CIO (1955); was elected president of National Negro Congress (NNC) (1936), Negro American Labor Council (NALC) (1959-1964), and A. Philip Randolph Institute (1964); died 16 May 1979 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States)