Executive Order 8802 (Fair Employment Act) on display at the Neil A. Armstrong Library and Archives in Second Life

Executive Order 8802 (Fair Employment Act) on display at the Neil A. Armstrong Library and Archives in Second Life. The photos is part of an exhibit on African Americans in aeronautical and astronautical history. "Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1941, [the EO was designed] to prohibit racial discrimination in the national defense industry. It was the first federal action, though not a law, to promote equal opportunity and prohibit employment discrimination in the United States."--Wikipedia.