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Title: 10 Asa Philip Randolph sites In Jacksonville
Post by: thelakelander on September 06, 2021, 09:54:56 PM
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Raised in Jacksonville's Eastside, Asa Philip Randolph left town in 1911 in hopes of becoming an actor in Harlem. Instead, he went to establishing the country's first Black labor union and organizing Martin Luther king Jr.'s March on Washington in 1963. In honor of Labor Day, here are ten sites in Jacksonville with strong ties to labor union and Civil Rights leader A. Philip Randolph.

Read More: https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/10-asa-philip-randolph-sites-in-jacksonville/