Identity area
Reference code
ZA COM MR-AAO-001
Title
A. Philip Randolph
Date(s)
- 1889 - 1979 (Accumulation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
Personal archive ; The Library of Congress has a collection of his Africa related materials covering the period 1909-1979.
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Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Mr A. Philip Randolph, an African American labour and civil rights activist, was a member of the Committee of Americans for South African Resistance (AFSAR), founded in 1952 to support the Defiance Campaign. He was also a member of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA) and headed the Committee on Conscience against Apartheid, formed by ACOA. He was very active in the End Loans campaigns.