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The Preamble for the March on Washington
In December 1962, A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, proposed a mass march on Washington during the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, calling for jobs to reduce the high rate of black unemployment. Randolph asked his colleague, Bayard Rustin, to draft a blueprint for the march. Rustin delivered this outline to Randolph after conferring with Norman Hill, assistant program director of CORE, and Tom Kahn. Hill and Kahn had previously assisted Rustin with organizing the Youth Marches for Integrated Schools. |