The A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) is an organization for African-American trade unionists, a constituency group of the AFL-CIO,[2] that advocates social, labor, and economic change at the state and federal level, using legal and legislative means.

In response to the 1963 Children's Crusade[citation needed] and the passage of the Voting Rights Act, A. Philip Randolph, former head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, an early black trade union, and Bayard Rustin, founded the APRI to forge an alliance between the civil rights movement and the labor movement.

[3] APRI describes its mission as a fight for racial equality and economic justice.

APRI was also the spearhead for an organization called the "Black Alliance", and together they would support the trade union movement.

APRI is currently led by National President Clayola Brown, a post she has held since August 2004.