March on Washington Movement

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The March on Washington Movement was a 1941–1946 Black civil rights campaign, led by A. Philip Randolph, that used the threat of mass protest to pressure the U.S. government into addressing racial discrimination in defense industries and the military.

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instanceOf Black freedom struggle organization ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
basedOn labor organizing traditions ⓘ
mass direct-action strategy ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1946 ⓘ
endTime 1946 ⓘ
ethnicGroupInFocus African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
foundedBy A. Philip Randolph ⓘ
hasCharacteristic national-level mobilization of Black workers ⓘ
nonviolent direct action orientation ⓘ
hasEffect banned discrimination in defense industry employment ⓘ
increased federal oversight of employment discrimination ⓘ
hasPart planned 1941 march on Washington ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II ⓘ
ideology Black civil rights ⓘ
economic justice ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
inception early 1941 ⓘ
influenced Executive Order 8802 ⓘ
creation of the Fair Employment Practices Committee ⓘ
inspired 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
later mass marches on Washington ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leader A. Philip Randolph ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject racial discrimination in defense industries ⓘ
racial discrimination in the U.S. military ⓘ
movementGoal desegregation of the U.S. armed forces ⓘ
equal employment opportunity in war industries ⓘ
federal action against racial discrimination ⓘ
notableWork campaign against segregation in the armed forces ⓘ
campaign for fair employment in defense industries ⓘ
opposed Jim Crow practices in federal employment ⓘ
employment discrimination in war industries ⓘ
racial segregation in the armed forces ⓘ
participant A. Philip Randolph ⓘ
Bayard Rustin ⓘ
Black trade unionists ⓘ
civil rights activists ⓘ
partOf African-American civil rights movement ⓘ
startTime 1941 ⓘ
usedFor pressure on Franklin D. Roosevelt administration ⓘ
pressure on Harry S. Truman administration ⓘ
usedMethod threat of mass protest ⓘ
threatened mass march on Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters → participatedIn → March on Washington Movement ⓘ
EO 8802 → motivatedBy → A. Philip Randolph’s threatened March on Washington ⓘ
linked to: March on Washington Movement