PHILLIP RANDOLPH 1890-1979

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  • PHILLIP RANDOLPH 1890-1979
    • BELIEFS
      • He was an active union organiser for African American workers.
      • These key tactics derived from resistance of British Rule in India under Mohandas Gandhi.
    • SUCCESSES
      • He pressured Roosevelt to end discrimination in the war industries in 1941 by threatening a mass march on Washington.
      • Mass March in Washington in 1961 was organised by Randolph and dominated by King.
        • An estimated 250,000 people attended and  Observers estimated that 75–80% of the marchers were black.
      • Used economic power of organised labour.
      • Put pressure on Truuman to end segregation in armed forces in 1948.
      • The use of marches, demonstrations and effective organisations, working with white sympathisers and putting pressure on administrations paid off in the long run.
    • FAILURES
      • His aims were not specific enough to be achievable.

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