Prequel to The March on Washington: FDR's Executive Order 8802

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Fee:

Free.

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Location:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (inside the park store)

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Dates & Times

Date:

Friday, August 30, 2024

Time:

12:30 PM, 5:30 PM

Duration:

30 minutes

Type of Event

Talk

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Description

A. Phillip Randolph and Bayard Rustin's effort to organize the August 28, 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was foreshadowed by people demanding to have a march in 1941. At that time, the issues were integrating the military and allowing African Americans to get war production jobs. Who would Eleanor Roosevelt recruit to get Franklin Delano Roosevelt to sign Executive Order 8802?

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Reservation or Registration: No

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Contact Information

Ranger Joe Mohr
[phone]