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When A. Philip Randolph first approached President Roosevelt in 1940, he was seeking

the desegregation of the United States military.

an end to discrimination in industries involved in producing goods for the war effort.

more combat positions for African American soldiers.

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an end to discrimination in industries involved in producing goods for the war effort.

He threatened a 1941 March on Washington to protest hiring discrimination in defense industries, which led Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802 banning such discrimination.