Philip Randolph Flashcards
1
Q
What were the aims of Philip Randolph when it came to Civil Rights?
A
. He was an integrationist much like Booker.T Washington but he was heavily inspired by Du Bois’s writings.
2
Q
Why can Philip Randolph be considered an important Civil Rights leader/ activist?
A
. He was influential in understanding the power of non violent demonstrations.
. Him working with white sympathisers and putting pressures on the administration laid the groundwork for kings success and moved the Civil Rights movement further than it had ever gone.
. He was also the first leader to combine the tactics of all the other leaders in order to put pressure on the administration.
3
Q
What did Randolph pressure Truman to do in 1948?
A
. End segregation in the armed forces
