jan 1, 1941 - In 1941 A. Philip Randolph, pioneering civil rights activist, proposed a march on Washington, D.C., to draw attention to racial discrimination. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, preventing racial discrimination in hiring for federal and war-related work. This order cleared the way for the black computers to work at NASA.
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jan 1, 1941
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~ 84 years ago