WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Q. The 1941 March on Washington promoted greater opportunities for African Americans in the defense industry and the desegregation of the military. Which labor and civil rights leader organized this event? Martin Luther King Jr.

Detailed explanation-2: -Philip Randolph, founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), called for a march on Washington, D. C., to challenge the discrimination that African Americans were faced with in the national defense industry.

Detailed explanation-3: -The March on Washington Movement was an attempt to pressure the United States government and President Franklin D. Roosevelt into establishing policy and protections against employment discrimination as the nation prepared for war.

Detailed explanation-4: -Philip Randolph, the head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, threatened to lead a peaceful march of 10, 000 African Americans on Washington, DC, to demand an end to racial segregation in the government, especially the military, and to demand greater equality in the hiring practices of defense industries.