Despite the President’s order, many employers remained hesitant to hire African Americans at the beginning of the war. Geisel published this cartoon on June 30, 1942, a full year after Executive Order 8802. In it, he is critical of the continuation of discriminatory hiring practices in the industry during a time of national crisis.

Purpose: In this lesson students will examine political cartoons and other primary sources in order to understand attitudes toward African Americans during World War II and African American responses to these attitudes. Students will also examine and assess the use of …

Executive Order 8802 – June 25, 1941 forbade discrimination in defense industry Creating the Fair Employment Practices Committee to enforce a new rule — that “there shall be no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race, creed, color, or national origin.”

Feb 8, 2022 · In June of 1941, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, banning discriminatory employment practices by federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war-related work. The order also established the Fair Employment Practices Commission to enforce the new policy.

These cartoons both depict both William McKinley and the concept of prosperity during the campaign for the presidency in 1896. Notice in the cartoon on the right that McKinley is sitting on his porch at the left side of the cartoon, and the road the farmer is …

The Committee shall receive and investigate complaints of discrimination in violation of the provisions of this order and shall take appropriate steps to redress grievances which it finds to be valid.

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 …

Executive Order 8802 Reaffirming Policy Of Full Participation In The Defense Program By All Persons, Regardless Of Race, Creed, Color, Or National Origin, And Directing Certain Action In Furtherance Of Said Policy

Executive Order 8802 was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1941, to prohibit ethnic or racial discrimination in the nation's defense industry. It also set up the Fair Employment Practice Committee.

Dubbed the “Second Emancipation Proclamation,” EO 8802 was the first time since Reconstruction that the federal government had acted to explicitly protect the rights of African Americans.