Committee on Fair Employment Practice
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The Committee on Fair Employment Practice was a U.S. federal agency established during World War II to prevent employment discrimination in defense industries and government based on race, creed, color, or national origin.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal agency
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temporary wartime agency → |
| alsoKnownAs |
FEPC
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Committee on Fair Employment Practice →
surface form: "President’s Committee on Fair Employment Practice"
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| appliesTo |
defense industries
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federal government agencies → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States government
→
surface form: "United States federal government"
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| basedOn | pressure from civil rights and labor organizations → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
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| createdBy |
Executive Order 8802
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt →
surface form: "Franklin D. Roosevelt"
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| dissolved | 1946 → |
| establishedAsResponseTo |
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
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surface form: "threatened March on Washington Movement of 1941"
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| establishedDuring |
Roosevelt administration
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surface form: "Franklin D. Roosevelt administration"
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| expandedBy |
Executive Order 9346
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt →
surface form: "Franklin D. Roosevelt"
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| fieldOfWork |
anti-discrimination law
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labor relations → |
| hasLanguage | English → |
| hasPurpose |
to enforce Executive Order 8802
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to prevent employment discrimination in defense industries → to prevent employment discrimination in federal government employment → to promote equal opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin → |
| inception | 1941 → |
| influenced |
later federal civil rights policy
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state fair employment practice laws → |
| jurisdiction |
employers with federal defense contracts
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federal agencies involved in war production → |
| legalForm | executive order → |
| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. → |
| mainSubject |
civil rights
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employment discrimination → fair employment → |
| notableAchievement |
investigation of discrimination in war industries
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promotion of African American employment in defense plants → public hearings on employment discrimination → |
| operatingPeriod | World War II → |
| opposedBy | Southern segregationist politicians → |
| partOf | United States home front during World War II → |
| reasonForAbolition |
congressional opposition
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postwar demobilization → |
| replacedBy |
Committee on Civil Rights
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surface form: "President’s Committee on Civil Rights"
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| significantEvent | expansion by Executive Order 9346 → |
| significantFor | first federal agency focused on employment discrimination → |
| subjectOf | United States civil rights historiography → |
| supervisedBy | Executive Office of the President of the United States → |
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this entity surface form: "President’s Committee on Fair Employment Practice"
this entity surface form: "Fair Employment Practice Committee"
this entity surface form: "Fair Employment Practice Committee"
this entity surface form: "Fair Employment Practice Committee"
this entity surface form: "Fair Employment Practice Committee"