Employment for African Americans in the 1940s and 1950s: Hartford's G. Fox Department Store--What Next

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Employment for African Americans in the 1940s and 1950s: Hartford's G. Fox Department Store

What's Next

Informed Action

The government has an impact on the workplace. What laws protect workers’ rights today in the workplace? Possible topics of research include:

Wagner Act, 1935
Taft Hartley Act, 1947
Equal Pay Act, 1963
Civil Rights Act, 1964
Establishment of the EEOC, 1965
Age Discrimination Act, 1967
American with Disabilities Act, 1973
Civil Rights Act of 1991
Family and Medical Leave Act
Janus v. American Federation State, County, and Municipal Employees, 2018