so she writes to a philip randolph who is one of the organizers. a labor leader will. could you read what she said to him, page 74? >> yes. and, by the way, a philip randolph in his march on washington movement from the 1940s hired her. he was her first real employer. and this is what she said to him when rosa parks, daisy bates, september clark's, all the prominent women of the civil rights movement were given seconds on the podium at the march on washington. 74, i am not there, sorry. the time has come to say you quite candidly, mr. randolph, that tokenism is as offensive when applied to women as of when applied to negros. that was the word show is used. and that i have not devoted the greater part of my adult life to the implementation of human rights to now condone any policy which is not inclusive. >> were there any consequences? >> no. in fact, the day before the march he spoke at the national press club which then consigned women to the balcony. i mean, really. it shows you just how complex and diseased the relationship was between the black civil rights movemen

and by the way, hey philip randolph. and his and his march on washington movement from the 1940s hired her he was her first real employer. and this is what she said to him when rosa parks daisy bates all the september clark all the prominent women of the civil rights movement were giving seconds on the podium at the march on washington. certainly for not there. sorry. the time has come to say to you quite candidly, mr. randolph. that tokenism is as offensive when applied to women as when applied to --. that's the word. she always used. and that i have not devoted the greater part of my adult life to the implementation of human rights to now condone any policy, which is not inclusive. with any consequences no, in fact the day before the march he spoke at the national press club which then consigned women to the balcony? i mean really it was it shows you just how a complex and really diseased the relationship was between the black civil rights movement. and the and the when it's right movement, but then three years after t

two years later when labor leader and civil rights activists a philip randolph threatened a march on washington to bring attention to issues of discrimination and employment and segregation in the military. the lincoln memorial was proposed as the rallying point. randolph canceled the march only after president franklin roosevelt issued an executive order that are laid some of the protesters concerns. but two decades later a march on washington would take place and the memorial would serve as a compelling backdrop. to the demand for jobs and freedom the 1963 march was attended by an estimated 250 to 300,000 people of various racial and socio-economic persuasions. among the prominent organizers organizers and speakers of the day was the 34 year old martin luther king jr. who's now famous? i have a dream speech conveyed to those assembled the message dr. moten had wanted to communicate for decades earlier. although the kennedy administration urged dr. king to temper his speech just as taft had urged dr. moten to do. dr. king was able to effectively express in eloquent prose the struggl