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July 1

1893

Birth date of Walter White, Executive Director, NAACP. (died 3/21/55)

1939

The Federal Works Agency goes into effect, consolidating the Public Buildings Administration, the U.S. Housing Authority, the Bureau of Public Roads, the Public Works Administration, and the Work Projects Administration.

1941

NAACP and A. Philip Randolph's scheduled March on Washington to protest discrimination is cancelled when FDR establishes Fair Employment Practices Committee.