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African American Workers and the Appalachian Coal Industry by A. Philip Randolph was a trade unionist and civil rights leader who was a dedicated and persistent leader in the struggle for justice and parity for the black American community. In 1925, as founding president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Randolph began organizing that group of black workers and, at a time when half the affiliates of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) barred blacks from membership, took his union into the AFL. Despite opposition, he built the first successful black trade union; the brotherhood won its first major contract with the Pullman Company in 1937.
(Faulkner, Nicholas, et al., editors. “A. PHILIP RANDOLPH (b. 1889–d. 1979).” People You Should Know, 1st ed., Britannica Digital Learning, 2017. Credo Reference, https://search.credoreference.com/articles/Qm9va0FydGljbGU6NjMxODg=?aid=281270.)
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