>> it was very, very significant. fdr was vulnerable in terms of the coalition that he was trying to pull together at that particular time but i think also placing this in the context of this moment when we have come to this run-up of the 50th commemoration and continuation of the march on washington to understand that there were other figures like a. phillip randolph and walter whiten gauging in these ongoing efforts to get equal justice for all. it's also interesting to look at the military at that particular moment. there are articles outstanding and it gives us a good sense of how the military has been the battlefront for issues of equal justice and equality for quite some time. in the 1940s it was still a segregated military. today we're thinking more about sexual assault and sort of the roll back of don't ask, don't tell. it's still an interesting historical corollary to think
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