The correct answer is <span>Asa Philip Randolph
He was a political activist that fought for civil rights and was one of the most important people that influenced the creation of the Executive Order 8802 which was the one mentioned in the question. He was also instrumental in the </span><span>issuing of </span><span>Executive Order 9981 during Truman which ended racial segregation in the military.</span>
During the 2008 presidential campaign, the two leading candidates for the Democratic nomination were "an African American man and a former first lady" The former being Obama and the latter being Clinton.
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