A. Philip Randolph At a time when protests were neither popular nor safe, the early 1920s, A Philip Randolph iniated the Brotherhood of sleeping car porters. A. Philip Randolph, born in in Crescent City Florida, was reared in the tradition of the abolitionists. This upbringing instiled in him a social conscience that led him to join the civil rights struggle. His career began when he ran for state office in New York on the socialists ticket. The brotherhood approached him about leading their efforts to unionize. Being an outsider he was immune from retaliation from the company. After strikes and boycotts he finally won representation rights for the brotherhood. This victory g