To protest segregation in the defense industries
outlawed discrimination in war industries. -apex
outlawed discrimination in the workplace. Something along those lines
President Roosevelt responded to the plans of Philip Randolph to organize a 100,000 march on Washington, D.C. in the year 1941 by authorizing the Committee on the Fair Employment Practices. He also was able to outlaw the discrimination by having the defense contractors.
A. Phillip Randolph
Asa Philip Randolph was a leader for the African-American Civil Rights movement. He also organized the first predominantly black labor union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. He also led the March on Washington Movement in 1941.
At one time, the government did not hire African-Americans for federal jobs. Philip Randolph decided to organize a march on Washington to protest this in 1941. The result was President Roosevelt banning discrimination for federal hiring.
A. Philip Randolph organized the March on Washington Movement in 1941 to protest discrimination against African Americans in the defense industry. His efforts ultimately led to President Franklin D. Roosevelt issuing Executive Order 8802, which banned discrimination in defense industries and established the Fair Employment Practices Committee.
Randolph planned the march on Washington along with Bayard Rustin and AJ Muste. The purpose of the march was to protest racial discrimination in war industries, desegregation of armed forces, end segregation, and propose an anti-lynching law.
A. Philip Randolph threatened President Truman with a mass march on Washington, D.C. by 100,000 African Americans in 1941 if the military did not desegregate. Randolph's plan put pressure on Truman and convinced him to issue Executive Order 9981 in 1948, which called for the integration of the armed forces and prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin.
Yes, he proposed a March on Washington which was cancelled when Franklin Roosevelt managed to get the Fair Employment Act passed into Law.
Randolph Bedford died in 1941.