Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents from the National ArchivesOUP USA, 11.09.2003 - 256 Seiten Our Documents is a collection of 100 documents that the staff of the National Archives has judged most important to the development of the United States. The entry for each document includes a short introduction, a facsimile, and a transcript of the document. Backmatter includes further reading, credits, and index. The book is part of the much larger Our Documents initiative sponsored by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), National History Day, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the USA Freedom Corps. |
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... issued a statement making clear that segregation in the military would continue . Convinced that meetings would not achieve his ends , Randolph began to organize a March on Washington to protest discrimination in the defense indus ...
... issued a statement making clear that segregation in the military would continue . Convinced that meetings would not achieve his ends , Randolph began to organize a March on Washington to protest discrimination in the defense indus ...
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... issued Executive Order 9066 authorizing the incarceration of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast , and Congress passed the enabling legislation on March 21 , 1942 . The Western Defense Command oversaw the removal and detention ...
... issued Executive Order 9066 authorizing the incarceration of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast , and Congress passed the enabling legislation on March 21 , 1942 . The Western Defense Command oversaw the removal and detention ...
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... issued an exec- utive order that prohibited discrimination in the defense industries and established a Fair Employment Practices Commission ( FEPC ) to enforce his directive . Yielding to pressure from Congress , President Truman agreed ...
... issued an exec- utive order that prohibited discrimination in the defense industries and established a Fair Employment Practices Commission ( FEPC ) to enforce his directive . Yielding to pressure from Congress , President Truman agreed ...
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