Object Details
- Artist
- Seymour Kattelson, 11 Feb 1923 - 24 Nov 2018
- Sitter
- Asa Philip Randolph, 15 Apr 1889 - 16 Mar 1979
- Exhibition Label
- Born Crescent City, Florida
- Civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph waged a lifelong battle for the economic empowerment of African Americans. In 1925, he accepted the challenge of organizing the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters—the first Black labor union chartered by the American Federation of Labor. Continuing his advocacy for African American workers, Randolph called for a march on Washington in 1941 to protest the exclusion of Black people from defense industry jobs. He canceled the event only after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an order mandating an end to discriminatory practices by government contractors.
- Following World War II, Randolph led the effort to desegregate the nation’s armed forces and waged a civil disobedience campaign against the draft until President Harry Truman ordered an end to segregation in the military in 1948. Randolph crowned his career in 1963 by helping to organize the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
- Nacido en Crescent City, Florida
- A. Philip Randolph, activista pro derechos civiles, luchó toda su vida por el empoderamiento económico de los afroamericanos. En 1925 aceptó el reto de organizar la Hermandad de Maleteros de Coches-Cama, primer sindicato negro reconocido por la Federación Estadounidense del Trabajo. En 1941 convocó una marcha a Washington para protestar por la práctica de excluir a los negros de los empleos en la industria de la defensa. Solo canceló el evento cuando Franklin D. Roosevelt firmó la orden que prohibía las prácticas discriminatorias de los contratistas del gobierno.
- Tras la II Guerra Mundial, Randolph encabezó la lucha por eliminar la segregación en las fuerzas armadas y condujo una campaña de desobediencia civil contra el servicio militar obligatorio hasta que el presidente Harry Truman ordenó el fin de la segregación en el ejército en 1948. Randolph coronó su carrera en 1963 ayudando a organizar la histórica Marcha a Washington por el Trabajo y la Libertad.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1948
- Object number
- NPG.87.46
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Estate of Seymour Kattelson
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image/Sheet/Mount: 27.6 × 27.2 cm (10 7/8 × 10 11/16")
- Mount (second): 50.6 × 40.6 cm (19 15/16 × 16")
- Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22")
- Place
- United States\Pennsylvania\Philadelphia\Philadelphia
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Costume\Headgear\Hat
- Exterior
- Costume\Jewelry\Necklace\Pearl
- Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigar
- Baggage & Luggage\Bag
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Handkerchief
- Architecture\Building
- Equipment\Camera
- Equipment\Sign
- Costume\Jewelry\Pin
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
- Asa Philip Randolph: Male
- Asa Philip Randolph: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher
- Asa Philip Randolph: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Actor
- Asa Philip Randolph: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Labor leader
- Asa Philip Randolph: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist
- Asa Philip Randolph: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.87.46
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43afe0581-fef0-446e-ad56-724a6c0a6c31
