EO 8802
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EO 8802 is a 1941 U.S. presidential executive order issued by Franklin D. Roosevelt that prohibited racial discrimination in the national defense industry and established the Fair Employment Practices Committee.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EO 8802 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1519830 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EO 8802 Context triple: [Executive Order 8802, abbreviation, EO 8802]
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A.
Mir EO-21
Mir EO-21 was a long-duration 1996 expedition to the Russian Mir space station that included NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid as a research cosmonaut.
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B.
EO 13556
EO 13556 is a U.S. presidential executive order that establishes a uniform program for managing and safeguarding Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) across the federal government.
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C.
STS-82
STS-82 was NASA’s second Space Shuttle servicing mission to upgrade and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, enhancing its scientific capabilities.
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D.
OEI
OEI is the Spanish-Portuguese acronym for the Organization of Ibero-American States, an international body that promotes cooperation in education, science, and culture among Ibero-American countries.
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E.
ESO 029- G 011
ESO 029- G 011 is a catalog designation for the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf irregular galaxy and one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EO 8802 Target entity description: EO 8802 is a 1941 U.S. presidential executive order issued by Franklin D. Roosevelt that prohibited racial discrimination in the national defense industry and established the Fair Employment Practices Committee.
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A.
Mir EO-21
Mir EO-21 was a long-duration 1996 expedition to the Russian Mir space station that included NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid as a research cosmonaut.
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B.
EO 13556
EO 13556 is a U.S. presidential executive order that establishes a uniform program for managing and safeguarding Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) across the federal government.
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C.
STS-82
STS-82 was NASA’s second Space Shuttle servicing mission to upgrade and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, enhancing its scientific capabilities.
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D.
OEI
OEI is the Spanish-Portuguese acronym for the Organization of Ibero-American States, an international body that promotes cooperation in education, science, and culture among Ibero-American countries.
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E.
ESO 029- G 011
ESO 029- G 011 is a catalog designation for the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf irregular galaxy and one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States executive order
ⓘ
anti-discrimination law ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
increase African American employment in defense industries
ⓘ
prevent labor unrest in wartime production ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Prohibition of Discrimination in the Defense Industry
ⓘ
linked to:
Executive Order 11246
|
| appliesTo |
defense contractors
ⓘ
federal agencies involved in defense production ⓘ national defense industry ⓘ |
| archivedAt | National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateSigned | 1941-06-25 ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
Fair Employment Practices Committee
ⓘ
linked to:
Committee on Fair Employment Practice
|
| established |
Fair Employment Practices Committee
ⓘ
linked to:
Committee on Fair Employment Practice
|
| followedBy | Executive Order 9346 ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of the United States government ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| issuedByOffice | President of the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | executive order ⓘ |
| legalStatus | superseded ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
A. Philip Randolph’s threatened March on Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
March on Washington Movement
pressure from civil rights leaders ⓘ |
| number | 8802 ⓘ |
| policyArea |
civil rights
ⓘ
labor policy ⓘ military mobilization ⓘ |
| precededBy | lack of federal bans on employment discrimination in defense industries ⓘ |
| president |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
ⓘ
linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
| prohibits |
employment discrimination based on color
ⓘ
employment discrimination based on creed ⓘ employment discrimination based on national origin ⓘ employment discrimination based on race ⓘ racial discrimination in the national defense industry ⓘ |
| scope | federal agencies and defense contractors ⓘ |
| shortName | Executive Order 8802 ⓘ |
| signedBy |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
ⓘ
linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
| significance | first federal action to promote equal opportunity and prohibit employment discrimination in the United States ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
civil rights in wartime industry
ⓘ
employment discrimination ⓘ |
| targetGroup |
African American workers
ⓘ
minority workers ⓘ |
| year | 1941 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: EO 8802 Description of subject: EO 8802 is a 1941 U.S. presidential executive order issued by Franklin D. Roosevelt that prohibited racial discrimination in the national defense industry and established the Fair Employment Practices Committee.
Referenced by (1)
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