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Executive Order 8802
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Executive Order 8802 was an executive order signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1941. It prohibited ethnic or racial discrimination in the nation's defense industry, including in com
Executive Order No. 8802, Fair Employment Practice in Defense Industries
Executive Order No. 8802, Fair Employment Practice in Defense Industries
War Manpower Commission poster quoting FDR's Executive Order 8802
War Manpower Commission poster quoting FDR's Executive Order 8802
Fair Employment Practice Committee
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The Fair Employment Practice Committee was created in 1941 in the United States to implement Executive Order 8802 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt "banning discriminatory employment practices by Fed
An FEPC press conference, c. 1942
An FEPC press conference, c. 1942
From left to right: Vito Marcantonio, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., three congressmen unsuccessful in their attempt to save
From left to right: Vito Marcantonio, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., three congressmen unsuccessful in their attempt to save the FEPC