News about the 1941 March on Washington

The following are the results of an informal research project on the proposed 1941 march on Washington organized by A. Philip Randolph.

Microfilm research on the Madison Courier

Students in His336 divided up the work of reading microfilm, looking for articles about the proposed march, about African Americans in the defense industry, or the African-American experience generally in Jefferson county; they started with dates (chosen by their professor) when events or other publications made such articles seem most likely.  The following is what they found:

    Sept. 27, 1940 - Keaghan Holland
    Sept. 28, 1940 - Morgan Livinghouse
    Jan. 25, 1941 - Logan Kunselman found no relevant articles.
    Jan. 27, 1941 - David Jung found no relevant articles.
    April 5, 1941 - Mikayla Rehor found no relevant articles.
    April 7, 1941 - Baylee Roach found an article related to segregated streetcars in Louisville.
    April 12, 1941 - Will Werner-Wilson found no relevant articles.
    April 14, 1941 - Eric Woodruff found no relevant articles.
    May 1, 1941 - Ian English found no relevant articles.
    May 2, 1941 - Antoine Baldon found no relevant articles.
    June 3, 1941 - David Andrusiak
    June 4, 1941 - Katie Koopman found no relevant articles.
    June 18, 1941 - Emma Boomershine found no relevant articles.
    June 19, 1941 - Payton Fergus found no relevant articles.
    June 25, 1941 - Caroline Brunner found no relevant articles.
    June 26, 1941 - Nick Vaughn found no relevant articles.

Keyword research using online databases

The following is from the Sandusky (Ohio) Register (June 28, 1941). Click on image to read the article.

Found on Newspapers.com 

The following is from the Evansville (Indiana) Argus (Sept. 26, 1941); the Argus identified itself as "Southern Indiana's Only Colored Newspaper."