The International Longshoremen Association is Proud to Support and Honor the Statue Unveiling of Union/Civil Rights Leader A. Philip Randolph, presented by President Clayola Brown of the APRI Essex County New Jersey Chapter.
The statue unveiling will take place at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 15th, at Newark Penn Station, and will be proudly presented be the APRI Essex County New Jersey Chapter. A. Philip Randolph statue is to commemorate his legendary Union leadership and civil rights activism.
NORTH BERGEN, NJ (April 4, 2024) – APRI is an Organization of Black Trade Unionists to Fight for Racial Equality and Economic Justice. Today’s APRI President Clayola Brown’s vision and energy have sparked a new beginning for the organization and the movement. Brown is known for her endless efforts and support in union/labor industries.
A. Philip Randolph helped organize the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BCSP) in 1925. It was also the nation’s first predominantly Black labor union and the first Black union to be granted a charter by the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Randolph became the first president of the BCSP organization. In 1957, Randolph became one of the first Black vice presidents of the AFL-CIO.
Through Randolph’s civil rights activism, he organized several major protest marches in the nation’s capital, and in 1959 he helped found the Negro American Labor Council (NALC), which aimed to fight racial discrimination within labor unions. Randolph also worked with fellow activists to help organize the infamous “March on Washington,” where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.
The ILA is proud to support the unveiling of a statue of a dynamic labor leader and the efforts of President Clayola Brown of the APRI Essex County New Jersey Chapter of The A. Philip Randolph Institute.
The unveiling of the A. Philip Randolph statue is scheduled to take place on the same day that would have been his 135 birthday.
Websites Used:
- https://www.essexcountynjapri.org/
- https://www.evite.com/event/0001GOEC6LYNWIXHWEPO2HEEEHVKNI?utm_campaign=send_sharable_link&utm_source=evitelink&utm_medium=sharable_invite
- https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/a-philip-randolph
- https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/clayola-brown-41