A. Philip Randolph: "Call to Negro America to March on Washington" - Milestone Documents

A. Philip Randolph: “Call to Negro America to March on Washington”

( 1941 ) Commentary by Michael J. O’Neal, Ph.D.

Glossary

  • Fascist a reference to right-wing authoritarian rule at the time in such places as Italy under Benito Mussolini
  • Jim-Crowism from “Jim Crow,” the term commonly used to refer to laws and social systems that kept African Americans in disadvantaged positions
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