African Americans experienced hiring discrimination when they sought jobs in the defense during World War II. How did prominent African American labor leader A. Philip Randolph respond to this discrimination in 1941?

He called for a general strike by African Americans in the defense industry until the government addressed the discrimination .

He worked with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people to start a new political party

He organized a protest march on Washington, , to demand that the federal government provide protections against discrimination.

He led his labor union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, in organized strikes to block major rail lines .