Royce Adams

Royce Adams was born and raised in North Philadelphia, attended Benjamin Franklin High School and Lincoln University. At an early age he became actively involved in struggle against racism, and in defense of workers rights. He was a founding member of the Young Workers Liberation League.

As a founding member of the National Anti-Imperialist Movement in Solidarity with African Liberation he struggled relentlessly for the defeat of Apartheid in South Africa. With his keen determination for the solidarity of working people worldwide, he became a member of the National Preparatory Committee for the 10th World Youth Festival that took place in Berlin.

Active in his union, the International Longshoreman’s Association Local 1291, he is now a trustee and a delegate to the Philadelphia AFL-CIO Central Labor Council and he is the Labor Coordinator for the National Black Farmers Association. His active participation has contributed to the work of the A. Phillip Randolph Institute, the NAACP and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists.