08/01/1979
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"A. Philip Randolph contributed to the making of a new nation—not a perfect nation."
"Social progress—equality, liberty, freedom, justice—that kind of progress comes rarely from government as the initiator."
"He stood up strongly, face to face, with four great Presidents."
"His struggle was not easy, but the victories he won were permanent."