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At the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take, and you keep what you can hold. If you can't take anything, you won't get anything, and if you can't hold anything, you won't keep anything. And you can't take anything without organization.

A. Philip Randolph

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A. Philip Randolph
Age: 90 †
Born: 1889
Born: April 15
Died: 1979
Died: May 16
American Political Leader
Civil Rights Advocate
Politician
Socialist
Trade Unionist
Crescent City
Florida
Philip Randolph
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