Rosina Tucker
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Rosina Corrothers-Tucker was an American labor organizer, civil rights activist, and educator. She is best known for helping to organize the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first African-Amer
Rosina Tucker
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
Rosina Tucker
…for over 30 years. In 1941 she helped organize the union's first March on Washington, which was called off when President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802. She later helped organize the March on Washington of 1963. In 1925 Rosina Tucker became the president of The Ladies’ Auxiliary which is also known as…
Executive Order No. 8802, Fair Employment Practice in Defense Industries
War Manpower Commission poster quoting FDR's Executive Order 8802