National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, 10406 S Maryland Avenue

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A. Philip Randolph was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement and the American Labor Movement, as well as a socialist party member. “In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first predominantly African-American labor union. His continuous agitation with the support of fellow labor rights activists against unfair labor practices in relation to people of color eventually led President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802 in 1941, banning discrimination in the defense industries during World War II. The group then successfully pressured President Truman to issue Executive Order 9981 in 1948, ending segregation in the armed services. In 1963, Randolph was the head of the March on Washington, at which Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his ‘I Have A Dream’ speech.”

“In 1995, Lyn Hughes founded the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum to celebrate both the life of A. Philip Randolph and the role of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and other African Americans in the U.S. labor movement. Located in South Side, Chicago and housed in one of the original rowhouses built by George Pullman to house workers, it is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Pullman National Historic Landmark District. The museum houses a collection of artifacts and documents related to the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.”

sources:

1. "A. Philip Randolph." Wikipedia. April 25, 2018. Accessed April 27, 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Philip_Randolph.

2. "Pullman Porter." Wikipedia. April 04, 2018. Accessed April 27, 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman_porter#cite_note-29.