<P> The March on Washington Movement ( MOWM ) , 1941 -- 1946 , organized by activists A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin as a tool to produce a mass march on Washington , D.C. , was designed to pressure the U.S. government into desegregating the armed forces and providing fair working opportunities for African Americans . When President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802 in 1941 , prohibiting discrimination in the defense industry under contract to federal agencies , Randolph and collaborators called off the march . </P>
<P> The March on Washington Movement ( MOWM ) , 1941 -- 1946 , organized by activists A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin as a tool to produce a mass march on Washington , D.C. , was designed to pressure the U.S. government into desegregating the armed forces and providing fair working opportunities for African Americans . When President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802 in 1941 , prohibiting discrimination in the defense industry under contract to federal agencies , Randolph and collaborators called off the march . </P>
who called for mass protest march on washington in 1941
who called for mass protest march on washington in 1941
activists A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin
activists A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin