Description: A. Philip Randolph, American labor unionist and civil rights activist, discusses the rights of African-Americans, and ways in which national institutions (including the church) prevent them from enjoying these rights, calling the "sinister system of segregation" the new slavery. Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979) was an American labor unionist and civil rights activist. In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first successful African-American-led labor union. He was a prominent voice in the early Civil Rights Movement and the Labor Movement | Length: 22:28 | Recording Date: February 6, 1962 | Recorded at: Brown University, Providence RI | 