Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802 after pressure including A. Philip Randolph’s proposed march on Washington. It prohibited discrimination in defense employment and created a complaints committee. Organized leverage won a concrete institutional change, although the order did not end racial segregation throughout American society.
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What helped bring about the order against defense-industry employment discrimination?
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Organized pressure helped win a specific employment reform. The order did not itself end every form of discrimination or segregated military service.
The employment order also immediately ended all segregation in the US armed forces.
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The order addressed employment discrimination in defense work and government. Its scope was not complete military desegregation.