HILD 7A Study Guide - Final Guide: Fair Employment Practice Committee, Rayford Logan, Executive Order 8802
Document Summary
Burke-wadsworth act of 1940 - created first peacetime draft in us history. Public law 18 sec 4 - expansion of army air corps and establishment of facilities to train african. Committee for the participation of negroes in the national defense program (cpnndp) - launched in response to the segregation of black and white troops and the army"s reluctance to put african. March on washington movement - organized by philip randolph in 1941, response to limitation/exclusion of black war industry workers, segregated troops, placement of african american workers in service jobs. Executive order 8802 - no discrimination in the employment of the workers in the defense industry or government because of race, creed, color, or national origin, answered the march on washington. Tuskegee airmen - formed in january 1941, never lost a bomber to enemy action. Fair employment practices committee (fepc) - was formed to investigate complaints of discrimination; however, it had no enforcement power.
