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title: 'Executive Order 8802: Fair employment practice in defense industries'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/executive-order-8802-fair-employment-1941/
description: Dark navy notice sheet with the Great Seal above the title 'Executive Order 8802, Fair Employment Practice in Defense Industries' and an excerpt barring
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# Executive Order 8802: Fair employment practice in defense industries

Dark navy notice sheet with the Great Seal above the title 'Executive Order 8802, Fair Employment Practice in Defense Industries' and an excerpt barring discrimination in defense employment because of race, creed, color or national origin, signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is a posted notice; the technique is faint, the seal and signature lending presidential authority.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
EXECUTIVE ORDER 8802
FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE
IN DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
...... I do hereby reaffirm the policy of the United
States that there shall be no discrimination in the em-
ployment of workers in defense industries or Government
because of race, creed, color, or national origin, and I do
hereby declare that it is the duty of employers and of
labor organizations, in furtherance of said policy and of
this order, to provide for the full and equitable partici-
pation of all workers in defense industries, without dis-
crimination because of race, creed, color, or national
origin ......*
[signature:] Franklin D Roosevelt
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THE WHITE HOUSE
June 25, 1941
*Excerpt from Executive Order 8802
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1942 O 461873
```

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