Executive Order 8802
Executive order
By: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Date: June 25, 1941
Source: President. 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." Federal Register 6, 3109, June 25, 1941. Available online at http://www.eeoc.gov/35th/thelaw/eo-8802.html; website home page: http://www.eeoc.gov (accessed April 24, 2003).
About the Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) was born in Hyde Park, New York. He survived an adulthood bout with polio and rarely revealed his dependence upon a wheelchair. He and his wife Eleanor had six children, one of whom died in infancy. First elected in 1932, Roosevelt went on to win three more bids...
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