Executive Order 8802: Prohibition of Discrimination in the Defense Industry

"In June of 1941, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, banning discriminatory employment practices by Federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war-related work. The order also established the Fair Employment Practices Commission to enforce the new policy..."
Execurive order 8802

President Franklin Roosevelt�s Annual Message (Four Freedoms) to Congress

"This speech delivered by President Franklin Roosevelt on January 6, 1941, became known as his "Four Freedoms Speech," due to a short closing portion describing the President�s vision in which the American ideals of individual liberties were extended throughout the world.
Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of FDR's Four Freedoms Speech at the FDR Library.."
Four Freedoms

Day of Infamy" Speech:

"On December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered this "Day of Infamy Speech." Immediately afterward, Congress declared war, and the United States entered World War II..."
Day of Infamy