HBSSS# atUrfeana- UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY l IRBANA - CHAMPAIGN NOTICE: Return or renew all Library Materials! The Minimum Fee for each Lost Book is $50.00. The person charging this material is responsible for its return to the library from which it was withdrawn on or before the Latest Date stamped below. Theft, mutilation, and underlining of books are reasons for discipli¬ nary action and may result in dismissal from the University. To renew call Telephone Center, 333-8400 » Race, Jobs, and the War Race, Jobs, and the War The FEPC in the Midwest, 1941-46 ANDREW EDMUND KERSTEN University of Illinois Press URBANA AND CHICAGO Publication of this book was supported by a grant from the Humanistic Studies Unit, University of Wisconsin at Green Bay © 2000 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America © This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kersten, Andrew Edmund, 1969- Race, jobs, and the war : the FEPC in the Midwest, 1941-46 / Andrew Edmund Kersten. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-252-02563-6 (alk. paper) 1. United States Committee on Fair Employment Practice—History. 2. Illinois. Fair Employment Practices Commission—History. 3. Discrimination in employment—Middle West—History. I. Title. HD4903.5.U58K47 2000 33i.i3'3'097709044—dc2i 99-050488 v c 5 4 3 2 1 3'3!,l'2£cRrn T-^rbor KMTkv" /Cep- 3- For Fred Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2020 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/racejobswarfepciOOOOkers