Philip Randolph: A. was instrumental in getting the GI Bill of Rights passed. B. fought for the release of the Japanese Americans. C. pressured Franklin Roosevelt into issuing Executive Order 8802 which prohibited racial discrimination in the national defense industry. D. led a group of workers in the CIO in a strike against U. S. Steel.

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Philip Randolph: A. was instrumental in getting the GI Bill of Rights passed. B. fought for the release of the Japanese Americans. C. pressured Franklin Roosevelt into issuing Executive Order 8802 which prohibited racial discrimination in the national defense industry. D. led a group of workers in the CIO in a strike against U. S. Steel.

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C. Pressured Franklin Roosevelt into issuing Executive Order 8802 which prohibited racial discrimination in the national defense industry.

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Philip Randolph turned into the most iconic representative for the interests of African American workers in the U. S. After President Franklin Roosevelt refused to elaborate an executive order to forbid discrimination of African Americans in the defense industry, Randolph gathered 100,000 black marchers who concentrated in Washington, D. C. putting pressure on President Roosevelt. This led to him finally create an executive order on the 25th of June.