Franklin Delano Roosevelt agree to desegregate the defense industry because: He feared a march on Washington by African Americans would be bad for the war effort.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
He was 32nd president of the United States (1933–45), He was elected to the office four times, Roosevelt led the United States through two of the greatest crises of the 20th century: the Great Depression and World War II, by expanding the powers of the federal government through a series of programs and reforms known as the New Deal.
Before joining World War ll, he desegregate the defense industry because to prohibit ethnic or racial discrimination in the nation's defense industry, and a march by African Americans would be bad for the war effort.
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