Title Winning the war for democracy : the March on Washington Movement, 1941-1946 / David Lucander

Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Contents 1 What Happens When Negroes Don't March? 23 -- 2 "We Are Americans, Too": MOWM's Institutionalization 48 -- 3 Wartime St. Louis and the Genesis of MOWM in the Gateway City, 1942 74 -- 4 Pickets, Protests, and Prayers: St. Louis MOWM's Campaign to Integrate the Defense Workforce 101 -- 5 "These Women Really Did the Work": Marching on More than Defense Plants 129 -- 6 "An Economic D-Day for Negro Americans": MOWM's Transition and Dissolution, 1944-46 150 Summary "Scholars regard the March on Washington Movement (MOWM) as a forerunner of the postwar Civil Rights movement. Led by the charismatic A. Philip Randolph, MOWM scored an early victory when it forced the Roosevelt Administration to issue a landmark executive order that prohibited defense contractors from practicing racial discrimination. Winning the War for Democracy : The March on Washington Movement, 1941-1946 recalls that triumph, but also looks beyond Randolph and the MOWM's national leadership to focus on the organization's evolution and actions at the local level. Using personal papers of MOWM members such as T.D. McNeal, internal government documents from the Roosevelt administration, and other primary sources, David Lucander highlights how local affiliates fighting for a double victory against fascism and racism helped the national MOWM accrue the political capital it needed to effect change. Lucander details the efforts of grassroots organizers to implement MOWM's program of empowering African Americans via meetings and marches at defense plants and government buildings and, in particular, focuses on the contributions of women activists like Layle Lane, E. Pauline Myers, and Anna Arnold Hedgeman. Throughout he shows how local activities often diverged from policies laid out at MOWM's national office, and how grassroots participants on both sides ignored the rivalry between Randolph and the leadership of the NAACP to align with one-another on the ground"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-308) and index Notes Print version record Subject Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979. SUBJECT Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 fast Subject March on Washington Movement (Organization) United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice. SUBJECT March on Washington Movement (Organization) fast United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice fast Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Employment -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 20th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. HISTORY -- United States -- 20th century. African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Economic conditions African Americans -- Employment Civil rights movements Race relations SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century Subject United States Genre/Form Electronic book History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019718191 ISBN 9780252096556 025209655X

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