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![Black History Month Logo]({{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/BHMlogo.png){:
.align-center .width-half}
style="display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 600px;" }

US-RSE’s [DEI working group (DEI-WG)](https://us-rse.org/wg/dei/) is proud to
lead the US-RSE’s participation in celebrating [Black History
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publishing these posts throughout February to highlight such people, where we
talk about the person and tie their work and life to the RSE movement.

* A. Phillip Randolph \-
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Philip_Randolph)
* Check back here for links as articles are posted
* [**A. Phillip Randolph**](/2025-01-31-randolph) \- Discover the inspiring
journey of Dr. Randolph, a pioneer in research software engineering.
* *Check back here for links as articles are posted*

In addition, we’re excited to host a **Zoom discussion on Thursday, February
20th at noon PT / 3 PM ET**. [@Cordero
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layout: post
title: "US-RSE Celebrates Black History Month"
title: "A. Philip Randolph, The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and the Invisible Labor of Research Software Engineers"
tags: [dei, black-history]
author: Cordero Core
date: 2025-01-31
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[*Originally post on
[*Originally posted on
Medium*](https://medium.com/@cdcore/a-philip-randolph-the-brotherhood-of-sleeping-car-porters-and-the-invisible-labor-of-research-6546aa5716fb)

![A. Phillip Randolph]({{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/bhm-2025-randolph.png "A.
Phillip Randolph in front of the Lincoln Memorial"){: width="400" }

### A. Philip Randolph, The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and the Invisible Labor of Research Software Engineers
![A. Phillip Randolph in front of the Lincoln Memorial]({{ site.baseurl
}}/assets/img/bhm-2025-randolph.png "A. Phillip Randolph"){: style="display:
block; margin: auto; max-width: 600px;" }

In 1925, A. Philip Randolph took on a challenge that many deemed
impossible - organizing Black railroad porters into a union that would demand
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is - is an act of power.

![Railroad workers]({{ site.baseurl }}/assets/img/bhm-2025-randolph-2.png
"Photo of two rows of railroad workers")
"Photo of two rows of railroad workers"){: style="display: block; margin: auto;
max-width: 600px;" }

In research, the term Research Software Engineer did not exist in widespread
use until the past decade. Before that, individuals who wrote software for
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![Black History Month Logo]({{ site.baseurl
}}/assets/img/bhm-2025-randolph-3.png "Celebrating the Past, Looking Toward the
Future, Black History Month")
Future, Black History Month"){: style="display: block; margin: auto; max-width:
600px;" }

Randolph believed in the power of organizing, in the necessity of solidarity.
The US-RSE community stands as a modern parallel - advocating for fair labor
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