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FBI File on A. Philip Randolph: Bureau File Number 100-55616, 1922 - 1963

 File — Reel: 1, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

Section 1: September 1922-March 1963.

Roll 1, 0001-0310.

Request by Randolph for FBI assistance after receiving black human hand with a letter signed "K.K.K." in the mail, 9/5/22.

Reqeuest by Congressman John B. Hollister (Ohio) for information on Randolph. File cards on Randolph; list of activities.

Field reports on the March on Washington movement.

Report on speech ban in Memphis, Tennessee, November 1943.

Information on the National Non-Partisan Rule Conference for Negroes, 6/25-26/44.

Information on speech at Memphis, Tennessee, 3/31/44.

Investigation into possible Communist connections of Randolph during 1947.

Reason investigation of Randolph regarding his call for black men to resist compulsory military service.

Discussion of same in the Congressional Records, 4/22/48.

Booklet: "Communism."

Copy of the Messenger.

Newspaper clippings on the universal military training controversy.

Reports on the hearings before the Committee on the Armed Services, March/April 1948. Letters to the FBI requesting Randolph's arrest.

Checl of indexes and/or printed hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee, 5/6/58.

Information on the Youth March for Integrated Schools, 10/11/58.

Dates

  • 1922 - 1963

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

0.11 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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