Affiliated union:

Congress of Industrial Organizations  Search this

Maker:

Congress of Industrial Organizations  Search this

Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

Measurements:

average spatial: 22 in x 17 in; 55.88 cm x 43.18 cm

Object Name:

Poster

Place made:

United States: District of Columbia

Description:

Executive Order 8802, Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) was established in 1941 with the goal of "banning discriminatory employment practices by Federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war related work." FEPC was to help prevent against discrimination of African- Americans but was relatively ineffective.

Location:

Currently not on view

General subject association:

Employment  Search this

Labor Unions  Search this

labor issues  Search this

Factory worker  Search this

Credit Line:

George Meany Memorial Archives

ID Number:

1990.0324.16

Catalog number:

1990.0324.16

Accession number:

1990.0324

See more items in:

Political and Military History: Political History, Labor History Collection

Princeton Posters

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-063c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1063308