Timeline

  • A. Philip Randolph moved to New York with his friend Beaman Hearn.

    A. Philip Randolph moved to New York with his friend Beaman Hearn.
    Image from Library of Congress, 1911-1912
  • A. Philip Randolph married Lucille Green.

    A. Philip Randolph married Lucille Green.
    Image from Library of Congress
  • A. Philip Randolph along with Chandler Owen founded the magazine, The Messenger.

  • A. Philip Randolph helped establish the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.

    A. Philip Randolph helped establish the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
    Image from Social Welfare History
  • President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802.

  • A. Philip Randolph planned a march on Washington which never occurred.

    A. Philip Randolph planned a march on Washington which never occurred.
    Image from New York Public Library
  • A. Philip Randolph created the Committee Against Jim Crow in Military.

  • President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981.

  • A. Philip Randolph helped organize the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom in Washington.

  • A. Philip Randolph helped organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

    A. Philip Randolph helped organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
    Mathew Ahmann, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, John Lewis, Rev. Eugene Carson Blake, Whitney Young, A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Roy Wilkins, March on Washington in 1963.
    Image from the Library of Congress
  • The A. Philip Randolph Institute was founded.

    The A. Philip Randolph Institute was founded.
    Image from Library of Congress, 1964
  • A. Philip Randolph died in his New York home.

    A. Philip Randolph died in his New York home.
    Image from Stars News, May 17, 1979