... of the blacks was creating recovery and relief programs, which benefited them greatly, despite the fact that some were racially discriminatory. In the aftermath, New Deal measures passed by Congress were all the more encouraging because the nation's highest authorities had found the compelling reason they needed to set into motion the actions necessary for national change: ... ). Roosevelt also issued Executive Order 8802 in 1941, which "required full and equitable participation of all workers in the defense industries" (HRC DJ2306200103) and "banned discriminatory employment practices b...

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