APRI is an Organization of Black Trade Unionists Fighting for Racial Equality and Economic Justice.

To A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin, (APRl's co-founders), the fight for workers' rights and civil rights were inseparable. They founded the A. Philip Randolph Institute in 1965 to continue the struggle for social, political and economic justice for all working Americans.

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ABOUT APRI
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Our impact in numbers

109

Chapters

31

States

6

Constituency Groups

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March On Washington

Sixty years ago Clayola Brown was just 15 when she heard legendary radio host Georgie Woods talking about the upcoming March on Washington. She was living in Philadelphia at the time, but knew it would be special and had to go.

"Tell ’em about the dream, Martin!"

Brown saved up babysitting money for the Greyhound bus ticket, snuck out of the house early the morning of Aug. 28, climbed a tree along the National Mall and listened in awe as Martin Luther King Jr. described his vision for the future.

A Life of Achievement

Working Tirelessly

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APRI News

A variety of happy people at a phone-bank calling
By Al Brown October 29, 2025
Exercise your organizing chops by joining the upcoming North Carolina phone bank -Thursday, October 30, 2025 from 6:00 PM ET to 8:00 PM ET
A graphic of the Capitol Building with elements symbolically reresenting a government hut down
By Al Brown October 29, 2025
APRI would like to highlight the Government Shutdown and its implications on various communities.
Fler for Louisiana v Callais
By Al Brown October 14, 2025
The South has always been a target — but what happens at the rehearing of Louisiana v Callais will shape the entire nation.
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