• A. Philip Randolph
• Bayard Rustin
• Clayola Brown

A. Philip Randolph

The Organizer-Service Not Servitude-New Leader in America

A. Philip Randolph was one of America's foremost human and civil rights leaders. He devoted a lifetime of effort to the struggle for social and economic justice for all people. Mr. Randolph believed that the black community could only achieve freedom from oppression and exploitation in a society committed to the principle that everyone is entitled to a dignified and meaningful life. He further believed that the aspirations of all minorities could best be realized by supporting and participating fully in the electoral process and in working with the trade union movement to insure that the promise of America becomes reality. Freedom, Randolph believed, is only possible in an environment of political, social, ant economic security. His life has benefited us all.

Norman Hill, President A. Philip Randolph Institute April, 1989 "At the banquet table of nature there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take, and you keep what you can hold. If you can't take anything, you won't get anything; and if you can't hold anything, you won't keep anything. And you can't take anything without organization." - A. Philip Randolp