{"exhibit":{"title":"How did a cancelled Civil Rights protest change federal law?","description":"<p>Before the US officially entered World War II in 1941, civil rights activist Asa Philip Randolph called for a March on Washington to demand an end to racial discrimination in the defense industries and in the military. Concerned with protecting America's image overseas if tens of thousands of demonstrators called attention to racial inequality in the US, President Franklin D. Roosevelt partially conceded to Randolph's demands. The President signed Executive Act 8802, which ended discrimination in the defense industries, and Randolph cancelled the march. Other Mall protests publicized inequality, but they had failed to produce immediate, concrete results like this canceled march.<\/p>","credits":"","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"cancelled-march","added":"2013-05-03 03:01:39","modified":"2014-09-02 14:52:21","owner_id":3,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":null,"id":32},"item":{"item_type_id":1,"collection_id":null,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2013-05-03 10:15:07","modified":"2015-11-04 12:44:13","owner_id":3,"id":328}}