Black Lives Matter - A Philip Randolph Story

Many will say that Asa Philip Randolph was the true "father of the civil rights movement" in the United States. He felt that civil disobedience, nonviolent protests and mass demonstrations were the best way to mobilize public pressure and create the social change that everyone deserves.
Randolph finally realized his vision for a march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963 which attracted between 200,000 and 300,00 people to the nation’s Capitol. The rally is often remembered as the high point of the civil rights movement.
Randolph spoke from the podium:
“Let the nation and the world know the meaning of our numbers. We are not a pressure group. We are not a mob. We are the advance guard of a massive moral revolution for jobs and freedom.”
Later Randolph introduces the moral leader of the March, Dr. Martin Luther King.
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but the content of their character. I have a dream today.”
After the successful conclusion of the March, President Kennedy invited civil rights leaders to the White House where they discussed the need for bi-partisan support of civil rights legislation.
Over his career, Randolph worked with Presidents and civil right leaders to push for desegregation and civil rights with his method of nonviolent confrontation.
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Great video. Thank you!

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Shout out to the A. Philip Randolph Institute in the AFLCIO headquarters building at Washington DC's BLM PLAZA. Love you Ms. Clayola Brown❤️

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He was a GIANT of a human being!

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