Executive Order 8802 was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1941, to prohibit ethnic or racial discrimination in the nation's defense industry. ... Many citizens of Italian or German ethnicity were affected by World War II and this was impeding the war effort and lowering morale.
La Colonia de Rhode Island y las Plantaciones de Providence fue una de las trece colonias originales inglesas establecidas en la costa este de América del Norte. Después de la Revolución Americana, se convirtió en el estado de Rhode Island.
