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What was the response to FDR's Executive Order 8802?

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Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, prohibiting discrimination in defense jobs or government. Executive Order 8802 constituted the first major federal government response to the plight of blacks since Reconstruction. Executive Order 8802 has been called a second Emancipation Proclamation.
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Military and industry leaders resisted the order.

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