Topic: Roosevelt, Franklin D.

May 13, 
1924

Attorney General Stone Orders J. Edgar Hoover to Clean up Bureau of Investigation

Feb 22, 
1933

ACLU Urges President-elect Roosevelt to Protect Civil Liberties

Apr 29, 
1934

First Brotherhood Day; Endorsed by FDR

Jul 5, 
1935

Wagner Act: Labor Gains First Amendment Rights, Right to Organize

Aug 24, 
1936

FDR Authorizes FBI to Resume Political Spying

Feb 5, 
1937

FDR Proposes Disastrous Court-Packing Plan

Jun 13, 
1937

“Cradle Will Rock” Defies Government Censorship, Opens in Different Theater

Aug 12, 
1937

Hugo Black Nominated for Supreme Court

Sep 17, 
1937

FDR’s Constitution Day Speech: Extraordinary Claims of Presidential Power

Apr 21, 
1938

FDR: “All Of Us . . . Are Descended From Immigrants”

May 21, 
1940

FDR Okays Continued FBI Wiretapping

Sep 16, 
1940

First Peacetime Draft in American History Enacted

Sep 27, 
1940

A. Philip Randolph Confronts FDR In White House Over Segregated Military

Jan 6, 
1941

FDR Delivers Famous Four Freedoms Speech

Jan 14, 
1941

A. Philip Randolph Calls For a March on Washington

Jun 18, 
1941

Civil Rights Leader A. Philip Randolph Confronts FDR in the White House — Wins EEO Order

Jun 25, 
1941

FDR Signs First-Ever Equal Employment Opportunity Order

Jul 1, 
1941

March on Washington Cancelled After FDR Issues EEO Order

Feb 19, 
1942

Tragedy: FDR Authorizes Japanese-American Evacuation

Mar 18, 
1942

FDR Creates War Relocation Authority For Japanese American Evacuation

Mar 21, 
1942

Congress Enforces Japanese-American Evacuation, Makes it a Crime to Leave a Relocation Center

Mar 23, 
1942

Japanese-American Evacuation Begins; NY Times Reports “Pioneers” are “Vastly Impressed” with the “Courteous Treatment”

Apr 7, 
1942

What Do We Do With the Japanese-American Evacuees?

Aug 3, 
1942

Military Tribunal Convicts German Saboteurs – Civil Liberties Problems Continue

Feb 20, 
1943

Saturday Evening Post Publishes Iconic Norman Rockwell Illustration: “Freedom of Speech”

Jan 11, 
1944

FDR Calls for a Second Bill of Rights

Apr 14, 
1944

WW II “Great Sedition Trial” Begins

Jun 22, 
1944

FDR Signs GI Bill of Rights

Apr 12, 
1945

President Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies at Warm Springs, Georgia

Jan 18, 
1966

Robert C. Weaver Sworn in as First African-American Cabinet Member

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