FL H9095

Honors Asa Philip Randolph, born April 15, 1889, in Crescent City, Florida, for his distinguished legacy in civil rights and labor activism.

Recognizes Randolph as founding president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), which became the first successful African-American trade union in the United States after securing its first major contract with the Pullman Company in 1937.

Credits Randolph with organizing nearly 100,000 Black citizens to march on Washington, D.C., which prompted President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Executive Order No. 8802 on June 25, 1941, banning discrimination in defense industries and government employment.

Acknowledges Randolph's role in founding the League for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Against Military Segregation, which pressured President Harry S. Truman to end military segregation on July 26, 1948.

Celebrates Randolph's service as chair of the 1963 March on Washington and his receipt of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964 for his advocacy of civil rights and economic justice.