Image: From Civil Rights Teaching.

Books

David Lucander: Winning the War for Democracy: The March on Washington Movement, 1941-1946.

Primary Sources

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library: Plans for a March on Washington.

A. Philip Randolph:

• Call to Negro America to March on Washington for Jobs and Equal Participation in National Defense, 1941.
• Keynote address to the Policy Conference of the March on Washington Movement.

Articles

Black Past: The March on Washington Movement (1941-1947).

Howard Brick: The Other March on Washington: As Nazism was challenged abroad, A. Philip Randolph led an uncompromising campaign for democracy at home.

Global Nonviolent Action Database: African Americans threaten march on Washington, 1941.

Paul Heideman: The First March on Washngton: A. Philip Randolph called for a March on Washington to force President Roosevelt to abolish Jim Crow in the war effort, and shaped the trajectory of the postwar left.

U.S. Newspapers & the Holocaust: Massive March on Washington Planned.

Wikipedia entry.

Zinn Education Project: A. Philip Randolph and March on Washington.

See Also

Resources on the 1963 March on Washington.

Resources on A. Philip Randolph.

Resources on Bayard Rustin.