Committee on Fair Employment Practice

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United States federal agency temporary wartime agency

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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Label Occurrences
Committee on Fair Employment Practice canonical 8
Fair Employment Practice Committee 4
Fair Employment Practices Committee 4

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal agency ⓘ
temporary wartime agency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs FEPC ⓘ
Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
surface form: President’s Committee on Fair Employment Practice
appliesTo defense industries ⓘ
federal government agencies ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
basedOn pressure from civil rights and labor organizations ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Executive Order 8802 ⓘ
President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
dissolved 1946 ⓘ
establishedAsResponseTo March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
surface form: threatened March on Washington Movement of 1941
establishedDuring Roosevelt administration ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt administration
expandedBy Executive Order 9346 ⓘ
President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
fieldOfWork anti-discrimination law ⓘ
labor relations ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasPurpose to enforce Executive Order 8802 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
state fair employment practice laws ⓘ
jurisdiction employers with federal defense contracts ⓘ
federal agencies involved in war production ⓘ
legalForm executive order ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject civil rights ⓘ
employment discrimination ⓘ
fair employment ⓘ
notableAchievement investigation of discrimination in war industries ⓘ
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 ⓘ
postwar demobilization ⓘ
replacedBy Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ
surface form: President’s Committee on Civil Rights
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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Office for Emergency Management → hasPart → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
Committee on Fair Employment Practice → alsoKnownAs → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
this entity surface form: President’s Committee on Fair Employment Practice
FEPC → fullName → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Employment Practice Committee
Executive Order 8802 → established → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
Executive Order 8802 → createdBody → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Employment Practice Committee
Executive Order 8802 → relatedTo → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Employment Practice Committee
Executive Order 8802 → enforcedBy → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
Executive Order 9346 → established → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
Executive Order 9346 → reorganized → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
Executive Order 9346 → strengthened → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
Executive Order 9346 → expandedJurisdictionOf → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
Executive Order 9346 → enforcedBy → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
Executive Order 9346 → relatedTo → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Employment Practice Committee
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters → influenced → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Employment Practices Committee
EO 8802 → established → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Employment Practices Committee
EO 8802 → enforcedBy → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Employment Practices Committee
Howard W. Smith → opposed → Committee on Fair Employment Practice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fair Employment Practices Committee