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Executive Order 8802 was also known as the Fair Employment Act it was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1941 to prohibit racial discrimination in the national defense industry. It was the first federal law to promote equal opportunity and prohibit employment discrimination in the United States http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_executive_order_8802

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