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How did president roosevelt respond to

a. philip randolph's plans to organize a march of 100,000 on washington,
d.c., in 1941?

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Answer:

In June of same year (1941 that is) President Roosevelt instituted a committed to look in to Unfair Employment Practices.

Step-by-step explanation:

On June 25, 1941, President Roosevelt created the Committee on Fair Employment Practice, generally known as the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC), by signing Executive Order 8802, which prohibited Federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war-related work from discriminatory employment practices.

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President Roosevelt responded to the plans of Philip Randolph to organize a 100,000 march on Washington, D.C. in the year 1941 by authorizing the Committee on the Fair Employment Practices. He also was able to outlaw the discrimination by having the defense contractors.

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