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Randolph's birth.
On this day in Crescent City, Florida, A. Philip Randolph was born. -
Randolph graduates from the Cookman Institute
Randolph graduates from the Cookman Institute in Jacksonville, Florida. -
Randolph marries Lucille Green
Randolph falls in love and gets married to a beautiful woman named Lucille Green. -
Randolph writes The Messenger
Randolph begins to write a magazine called The Messenger trying to persuade blacks not to join World War 1. -
Randolph creates Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters.
Randolph creates the BSCP to create a black union where the porters can be treated fairly and have equal pay. -
Randolph recives Spingarn Medal.
Randolph is awarded a Spingarn Medal from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). -
Lucille Randolph dies
Randolphs wife, Lucille dies on this day from multiple illnesses. -
March on Washington
At the age of 73 A. Philip Randolph organizes the March on Washington, which had more than 250,000 African Americans attend. -
John F. Kennedy is Killed.
John F. Kennedy was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Creates The A. Philip Randolph Institute
Randolph creates APRI so that blacks can have an oppportunity to succeed in life. -
March on Selma
A. Philip Randolph and hundreds of other marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to protest discrimination in voting. -
Randolph is awarded the Presidental Medal of Freedom
On this day President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded Randolph the Presidental Medal of Freedom for his lifetime acheivements. -
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed.
A. Philip Randolph's good friend Martin Luther King Jr. was killed at Lorraine motel in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray. -
A. Philip Randolph dies.
At the age of 90 A. Philip Randolph dies in New York City.
