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“Document for June 25th: Executive Order 8802: Prohibition of Discrimination in the Defense

Industry.” National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and


Records Administration, www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/?dod-date=625. I
could use this source in a variety of ways. For example, if I wanted to know the exact
wording of the order, I could find it here. This is important information to have from this
source. This is because the exact wording of the order can help me analyze what it means.

“Executive Order 8802: Prohibition of Discrimination in the Defense Industry (1941).” Our
Documents - Interstate Commerce Act (1887),
www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=72. I could use this source for
multiple information gathering purposes. For one instance, I could find out what was
happening to African Americans at the time of the order. This is very important
information. This can tell me a reason why Roosevelt may have wrote this executive
order.

8802.", "Executive Order. “Executive Order 8802.” The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Ed,
Encyclopedia.com, 2018, www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/applied-and-social-
sciences-magazines/executive-order-8802. This source has many applications for
information. One is it can help me find out what happened as a result of executive order
8802. This is a major thing to know. Especially because it shows me the true effect of the
order, and really who it affected.

Information about the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), Equal
Employment Opportunity Comity, www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/history/35th/thelaw/eo-
8802.html. This source is good for one prime thing, which is finding important words in
the order. It has words in capital letters, that other sources do not have in order to
highlight the words. This helps me find the true meaning of the order because the words
in capital letters show what the order applies to.

Jackson, Robert H., and John Q. Barrett. That Man: an Insiders Portrait of Franklin D.
Roosevelt.Oxford University Press, 2005. I could use this source in multiple situations.
For instance, if I wanted to know about why Franklin D. Roosevelt established this
executive order, I could go here. Another instance is if I wanted to know what Roosevelt
had going on around him at the time of this order, I could find it here. This source
provides this valuable information. They are valuable because if I do not know why
Roosevelt issued the order, or what happened around him at the time, it is no use trying to
understand the order and it’s true meaning.
“Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum.” Truman Library: "The Decision for Peace",
Excerpt from Report of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey , Ca. June 1946.
Elsey Papers, Harry S. Truman Administration. Japan, Surrender of, August, 1945.,
www.trumanlibrary.org/9981.htm. I could use this source in a variety of ways. For
example, if I wanted to know what executive order 9981 was so I could compare it to
executive order 8802, I could use this source. If I wanted to know what 9981 pertained to,
I could go here as well. They are valuable because if I don’t know how to compare the
two executive orders, I can’t use 9981.

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