Front:
YORK,
A.Philip Randolph
25
FEB
1989
10199
Black Heritage USA
NY
Back:
A. PHILIP RANDOLPH
First Day of Issue: February 3, 1989
First Issue Location: New York, New York
Civil rights activist Asa Philip Randolph founded an
outspoken journal, the Messenger, in 1917. Through his
journal, he urged blacks to join labor unions, and advo-
cated solidarity between white and black workers. But
Randolph was not just an idea man— he knew how to get
things done. He organized and became the president of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (AFL) in 1925. He
also served as president of the National Negro Congress,
and vice president of the AFL-CIO. When industry refused
to hire blacks for defense jobs, Randolph planned a
massive protest march on Washington. To avert the
march, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a Fair
Employment Practices executive order. Randolph also
organized a movement to press for the abolition of
segregation in the armed forces in 1947, and directed a
monumental demonstration, the March on Washington
for Jobs and Freedom, in 1963. Fittingly, the stamp fea-
tured on this Maximum Card is a salute to the achieve-
ments of the inimitable A. Philip Randolph.
No. 89-2
©1989 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation • Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by Dennis Lyall
