In the early 1940s, Randolph organized the March on Washington Movement to protest discrimination in government hiring practices and segregation in the armed forces. Flyers like this one urged black Chicagoans to support Randolph’s plans. Randolph called off the proposed march after President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order that banned discrimination in government hiring and established the Fair Employment Practices Committee. In 1963, activists returned to Randolph’s vision and marched for jobs and freedom in Washington, DC.

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