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Executive Order 8802 prohibited discrimination in the federal civilian work force based on race, color, or national origin. It did not specifically address government contractors or the desegregation of the United States armed forces.
what did the first action ever taken by the federal government to prohibit employment discrimination, Executive Order 8802, do?
Prohibited government contractors from engaging in employment discrimination based on race, color, or national origin
Provided enforcement authority to the Department of Labor to ensure nondiscrimination by government contractors
Prohibited discrimination in the federal civilian work force
Ordered the desegreation of the United States armed forces
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