Executive Order 8802 helped to establish the foundation for Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Executive Order 11246 in 1965. This Order prohibited all forms of discrimination in employment and public facilities. Executive Order 8802 lead to future orders that abolished discrimination in public facilities.

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.

Lacking public and Congressional support, the order did not, however, address either anti-lynching measures or desegregation of the military. Racial discrimination in the armed forces would continue as official policy through the end of World War II and be abolished by President Harry S. Truman only in 1948.

Executive Order 8802, executive order enacted on June 25, 1941, by U.S. Pres. Roosevelt that helped to eliminate racial discrimination in the U.S. defense industry and was an important step toward ending it in federal government employment practices overall.

The March on Washington Movement (MOWM) was the most militant and important force in African American politics in the early 1940s, formed in order to protest segregation in the armed forces.

The threatened March on Washington led to Executive Order 8802, stating that there should be “no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or Government because of race, creed, color, or national origin.” The March on Washington Movement (MOWM) continued.

Held in Washington D.C on Wednesday, August, 28 1963. The purpose is to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.

In August 1963, civil rights leaders organized a massive rally in Washington to urge passage of President Kennedy’s civil rights bill. The high point came when MLK Jr., gave his “I Have a Dream” speech to more than 200,000 marchers in front of the Lincoln Memorial. You just studied 5 terms!

March on Washington, in full March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, political demonstration held in Washington, D.C., in 1963 by civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination and to show support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 removed barriers to black enfranchisement in the South, banning poll taxes, literacy tests, and other measures that effectively prevented African Americans from voting. Segregationists attempted to prevent the implementation of federal civil rights legislation at the local level.

This act made racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all laws governing civil rights, including desegregation of schools and public places. You just studied 9 terms!

Which of the following did the Civil Rights Act accomplish? It ended public segregation. It ended poll taxes.