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Organizer A. Philip Randolph; Straight Up: Working hard until he reached his goals, he left a legacy of greatness.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
Byline: JAMES DETAR
The request from Pullman railroad sleeping car porters was simple: They wanted to form a union.
But A. Philip Randolph knew it would be a tough battle. Pullman train cars were the luxury airlines of their day, and the Pullman company was notorious for union-busting. The porters asking Randolph to help them form a union in 1925 already knew it wouldn't be easy; they'd tried and, to that point, failed.
Pullman was using its resources to try to break the fledgling union. The porters heard that Randolph, a college-educated writer who was outspoken on black civil rights, wanted to deal with labor issues.
Randolph (1889-1979) wasn't one to shrink from a challenge. So he took the job.
"Once he made a commitment, he was very steadfast and unyielding in that commitment. That was especially true in the sleeping car period," said Randolph's friend Norman Hill in a recent interview.
Hill's a civil rights leader who worked with Randolph on various projects. He's also past president of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, an arm of the AFL-CIO labor union.
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