ABSTRACT
Asa Philip Randolph was born in Crescent City, Florida. He was educated at Cookman Institute in Jacksonville, Florida, and the City College of New York. Randolph became the general organizer and one of the founders of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, which was established in 1925. Long identified with the Negro labor movement, Randolph has emerged as one of the senior leaders of the Negro community. By threatening to organize a March on Washington during World War II, Randolph played an important part in urging President Roosevelt to sign Executive Order 8802, which led to the formation of the Fair Employment Practices Committee, a milestone in the establishment of equal job opportunities for American Negroes. Randolph is a writer and speaker as well as a man of action. He was editor, publisher, and manager of the Messenger, a periodical devoted to the progress of the Negro, which was published in New York. He was co-author of Terms of Peace and Darker Races, the Truths about Lynching, and Political Socialists.
