FBI Files on A. Philip Randolph on Microfilm
-
No requestable containers
-
Ask a Question
Abstract
This collection consists of one microfilm reel containing copies of the files on A. Philip Randolph complied by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Dates
- 1922-1970
Creator
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (creator, Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Biographical / Historical
Asa Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889-May 16, 1979) was a leader in the African-American civil-rights movement, the American labor movement and socialist political parties.
He organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first predominantly black labor union. In the early civil-rights movement, Randolph led the March on Washington Movement, which convinced President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802 in 1941, banning discrimination in the defense industries during World War II. The group then successfully pressured President Harry S. Truman to issue Executive Order 9981 in 1948, ending segregation in the armed services.
In 1963, Randolph was the head of the March on Washington, which was organized by Bayard Rustin, at which Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech. Randolph inspired the Freedom budget, sometimes called the "Randolph Freedom budget", which aimed to deal with the economic problems facing the black community.[wikipedia]
Extent
0.11 cubic feet
Other Finding Aids
The print guide to this collection is available in the Kheel Center reading room.
Quantity:
1 microfilm reel
Forms of Material:
Records.
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
- Title
- FBI Files on A. Philip Randolph on Microfilm
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- March 08, 2016
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository