CHAPTER 5
Making a Plan
When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind.
—MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
The March on Washington in 1963 remains a defining moment in American history. It was the brainchild of A. Philip Randolph who, at age 74, was considered to be an elder statesman of the civil rights movement. Randolph had been elected the president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925 and quickly built a reputation as one of the most effective labor organizers in the country. In 1941, as America was gearing up for war, he had threatened a mass march on Washington, but President Roosevelt invited him to the White House and offered to issue an executive order forbidding discrimination ...
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