Question

What African American pressured FDR to issue an executive order which made discrimination in hiring illegal?

Answer 1

A. Philip Randolph

Explanation:

He organized the March on Washington movement in 1941, which succeeded in pressuring President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802 banning discrimination in defense industries.
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/a-philip-randolph

https://www.biography.com/people/a-philip-randolph-9451623?_escaped_fragment_=

See also:
http://rooseveltinstitute.org/african-americans-and-new-deal-look-back-history/