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A. Philip Randolph threatened to organize a march on Washington in 1941 to protest racial discrimination in defense industries and demand equal job opportunities for African Americans. This pressure prompted President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802, which prohibited racial discrimination in the national defense industry and established the Fair Employment Practices Committee. Randolph's actions were pivotal in advancing civil rights and labor rights for African Americans during that era.

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