Randolph, A. Philip (1889-1979), played a leading role in the struggle for black rights from the 1920's through the 1960's. He also became an important figure in the American labor movement. In 1925, Randolph founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (now part of the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks), a union he headed until 1968. He became a vice president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) in 1957.