Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame Governor Rick Scott , Carlos Lopez Cantera , Robert B . Hayling , James Weldon Johnson , Asa Philip Randolph Frank Powell , Marsha Phelts Tallahassee , Florida June 2014
NAACP , where he was able to bring attention to racism , lynching and segregation . Johnson believed that it was important for blacks to produce great literature and art to demonstrate their intellectual equality and advance their placement in America .
Asa Philip Randolph ( 1889-1979 ), Labor leader and social activist A Philip Randolph was born April 15 , 1889 , in Crescent City , Florida . During World War I , Randolph tried to unionize African-American shipyard workers in Virginia and elevator operators in New York City , and founded a magazine designed to encourage African-American laborers to demand higher wages . After graduating from Cookman , one of the first institutions of higher education for blacks in the country , Randolph moved to the Harlem neighborhood of New York City , where he studied English literature and sociology at City College . In 1912 , Randolph founded an employment agency called the Brotherhood of Labor with Chandler Owen as a means of organizing African-American workers . In 1917 , Randolph and his wife founded a political magazine , The Messenger , and began publishing articles calling for the inclusion of more blacks in the armed forces and war industry and demanding higher wages . In 1925 , Randolph founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters , seeking to gain the union ' s official inclusion in the American Federation of Labor . After World War II , Randolph organized the League for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Against Military Segregation . In 1963 , Randolph was a principal organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom , sharing the podium with Reverend Martin Luther King , Jr . Randolph was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon B . Johnson . Soon after , he founded the A Philip Randolph Institute , an organization aimed at studying the causes of poverty .
In 2010 , The Florida Legislature established the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame to recognize and honor individuals who have made significant contributions as leaders for equality and justice for all persons . Under the law , the Florida Commission on Human Relations recommends 10 persons to the Governor , who selects up to three inductees . To be considered , nominees must have been born in Florida or have adopted Florida as their home state or base of operation . The names of inductees will be permanently displayed in the First Floor Rotunda of the Florida State Capitol Building .