USA HISTORY

This man threatened FDR that he and thousands more would march on DC if African-Americans continued to face employment discrimination ____

(A) ** A. Philip Randolph

(B) Martin Luther King Jr.

(C) Marcus Garvey

(D) W.E.B Du Bois

Concept note-1: -The threatened March on Washington led to Executive Order 8802, stating that there should be “no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or Government because of race, creed, color, or national origin.”

Concept note-2: -Randolph directed the March on Washington movement to end employment discrimination in the defense industry and a national civil disobedience campaign to ban segregation in the armed forces. The nonviolent protest and mass action effort inspired the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Concept note-3: -Roosevelt to end discrimination in the nation’s defense industries. After Roosevelt responded by issuing Executive Order 8802, which opened war industries in World War II to Black workers and created the Fair Employment Practice Commission (FEPC), Randolph canceled the planned march.