March on Washington Movement

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Black freedom struggle organization civil rights movement social movement

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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Surface form	Occurrences
A. Philip Randolph’s threatened March on Washington	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Black freedom struggle organization ⓘ civil rights movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ
basedOn	labor organizing traditions ⓘ mass direct-action strategy ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1946 ⓘ
endTime	1946 ⓘ
ethnicGroupInFocus	African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	A. Philip Randolph NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ creation of the Fair Employment Practices Committee ⓘ
inspired	1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ later mass marches on Washington ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leader	A. Philip Randolph NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Bayard Rustin NERFINISHED ⓘ Black trade unionists ⓘ civil rights activists ⓘ
partOf	African-American civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 → March on Washington Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: A. Philip Randolph’s threatened March on Washington