(CIVIL RIGHTS EMPLOYMENT) RANDOLPH A PHILLIP ROY WILKINS ET

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(CIVIL RIGHTS--EMPLOYMENT.) RANDOLPH, A. PHILLIP, ROY WILKINS, ET AL. Group photograph of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Fair Employment Practices Committee head Malcolm Ross meeting with black leaders. Silver print photograph 7-1/4x9-1/2 inches, matted and framed, Washington Bureau NAACP stamp on the reverse. inscribed "to mitch [clarence mitchell], with my deep respect, malcolm ross." [Washington, 1941]

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On June 25, 1941, President Roosevelt created the Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) by signing Executive Order 8802, which stated, "there shall be no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race, creed, color, or national origin." This was due in large part to the urging of A. Philip Randolph, who was the founding president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. This photograph shows Malcolm Ross, FDR's chairman of the FEPC seated with Roy Wilkins, A. Phillip Randolph and others. In 1941, the Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) implemented US Executive Order 8802, requiring that companies with government contracts not discriminate on the basis of race or religion. It was intended to help African-Americans and other minorities obtain jobs in the home-front industry. This photo once hung in Clarence Mitchell's office of the Washington bureau of the NAACP. Provenance: Mitchell family.