One notable Executive Secretary in Black history is A. Philip Randolph. Randolph was a prominent civil rights leader and labor organizer who served as the president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first predominantly Black labor union in the United States. As Executive Secretary of the March on Washington Movement, he organized a successful campaign to end discrimination in the defense industries during World War II, which ultimately led to President Franklin D. Roosevelt issuing Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in defense industries and establishing the Fair Employment Practices Committee. Randolph played a key role in advancing civil rights for African Americans and was a leading figure in the fight for racial equality in the United States.