President Franklin Roosevelt yielded to Randolph's demand. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, prohibiting discrimination in defense jobs or government. Executive Order 8802 constituted the ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802 in 1941, which outlawed racial discrimination in the federal workforce and defense industry. President Dwight Eisenhower, another Texan ...

In a wide-sweeping executive order, President Donald Trump ... contractors and grant recipients. In 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt signed EO 8802, outlawing discrimination based on race ...

Roosevelt recognised that he would ... Due to this, he issued Executive Order 8802. This Presidential Order stated that, There shall be no discrimination in the employment of workers in defence ...