This Day in History: April 15th Asa Philip Randolph (496 hits)

This Day in History: April 15th
By SHAYLA FARROW

This Day in History: April 15th

Asa Philip Randolph, founder of the March on Washington and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, was born on April 15, 1889 in Crescent City, Florida.

Randolph’s father was a tailor and a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal church. His mother was a skilled seamstress. Both of his parents were also fierce fighters for justice. Randolph recalled the night his father left the home with a pistol in his coat to stave off a lynching of a Black man at the local jail while his mother waited up for him in the front room of their home with a shotgun.

They also believed that education was the great equalizer and both Randolph and his older brother, James Jr., excelled in school. They attended the only black high school in East Jacksonville, Florida where Randolph was a standout in literature, drama and public speaking as well as baseball and the choir. He was the valedictorian of The Class of 1907 at Cookman Institute.

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