A century ago this year, on Aug. 25, 1925, 500 Pullman Co. railroad porters secretly gathered in New York City’s Harlem for a ...

Frustrated that the American Railway Union had refused to accept Black railway workers, which by 1925 had swelled to more that 10,000 porters, Randolph led a push to form the Brotherhood of Sleeping ...

Discover the inspiring legacy of Rosina Corrothers Tucker, a trailblazing Black woman who fought for labor rights and social ...

A host of tributes across America recognize the achievements of pioneering Black union leader A. Philip Randolph — his ...

The little-known story of the wives and maids who helped propel the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters to a groundbreaking agreement with the Pullman Company. Rosina Corrothers-Tucker had spent days ...

But in 1941, A. Philip Randolph (front, center), president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, threatened to have 100,000 blacks march on Washington to protest job discrimination.

February is Black History Month, and the New York State Office of General Services has made educational exhibits available at ...

Asa Philip Randolph founded and became the leader of The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), an African-American trade union. Randolph and his fellow porters were low paid, worked long ...

A. Philip Randolph was a prominent 20th century African-American civil rights leader and the founder of both the March on Washington Movement and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a landmark ...

A. Philip Randolph, head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, talks to newsmen at the Capitol after leader of the March on Washington met with congressional leaders, Aug. 28, 1963.