A. Philip Randolph initially canceled the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1942 due to pressure from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who sought to avoid potential racial unrest during World War II. However, he later revived the plan for the march in 1963, which became a pivotal event in the Civil Rights Movement, highlighting issues of racial inequality and economic justice. The 1963 march culminated in Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic "I Have a Dream" speech.
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To convince A. Philip Randolph to cancel his planned March on Washington in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed to issue Executive Order 8802, which prohibited racial discrimination in the defense industry and established the Fair Employment Practices Committee. This was a significant step towards addressing racial inequalities and ensured that African Americans would have access to jobs in defense industries during World War II. Randolph saw this commitment as a victory for civil rights, leading him to call off the march.
Philip Randolph was a prominent twentieth-century African-American civil rights leader and the founder of both the March on Washington Movement and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a landmark for labor and particularly for African-American labor organizing.
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to protest segregation in the defense industries
A. Philip Randolph planed a march on Washington in an effort to protest segregation in the defense industry.
A. Philip Randolph planed a march on Washington in an effort to protest segregation in the defense industry.
A march on Washington.
To protest segregation in the defense industries
A. Philip Randolph organized the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1941 to protest racial discrimination and advocate for civil rights and economic justice for African Americans. However, he canceled the march after President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry, which addressed some of the marchers' concerns. Randolph aimed to leverage the threat of the march to secure tangible policy changes, and the executive order was seen as a significant victory at that time.
He threatened to organize a march on Washington.
outlawed discrimination in war industries. -apex