World War 2 and Executive Order 8802 As Blacks were seeking civil rights in America, nearly 75% of the Jewish population in Europe were systematically exterminated. Six million Jews were murdered during WW II. Another seven million Gypsies, Polish, and assorted Europeans were also executed by Hilter’s Nazi regime. Millions more lost their lives in battle. As the American "public" remained ignorant to the Jewish Holocaust, Black leaders were beginning to apply pressure on president Roosevelt. In 1941, A. Philip Randolph and other Black leaders met with Eleanor Roosevelt and members of the president’s cabinet. Randolph pres....

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