Executive Order 8802: Prohibition of Discrimination in the Defense Industry (1941) and Resource Materials

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Keywords
American History World War II Second World War hiring discrimination defense sector Fair Employment Practices Commission discrimination FDR primary source National Archives
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History-Social Science History
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Executive Order 8802: Prohibition of Discrimination in the Defense Industry (1941) and Resource Materials

This resource group contains two facsimiles and a transcript of, and a background essay on the June, 1941 Executive Order 8802, in which President Roosevelt banned discriminatory employment practices by Federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war-related work. It also established the Fair Employment Practices Commission to enforce the new policy.
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PBS Learning Media

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