A. Philip Randolph

This 1990 statue of Asa Philip Randolph by Ed Dwight stands in Washington's Union Station.

A. Philip Randolph

April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979

Dedicated by the AFL-CIO to the

Memory of A. Philip Randolph, America’s 

Foremost Black Labor and Civil Rights 

Leader the Founder of the Brotherhood 

Of Sleeping Car Porters, He Conceived 

And Initiated the 1963 March on 

Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

“At the banquet table of nature there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take, and you keep what you can hold. If you can’t take anything, you won’t get anything; and if you can’t hold anything, you won’t keep anything. And you can’t take anything without organization.” – A. Philip Randolph

Ed. Dwight Sculptor

1990

In his right hand Randolph holds a Pullman Berth Key.