By revoking Executive Order 11246, Donald Trump has erased key civil rights protections for federal contractors.
When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he expected to sign the Voting Rights Act shortly.
Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, promoting affirmative action in federal contracting, was among the number of DEI policies targeted by the president.
The new president just unwound a landmark anti-discrimination measure implemented amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
The inauguration is really about swearing in the next president, but first ladies throughout history have stolen the show with their inaugural gowns.
Latter-day Saint leaders have a rich, 150-year history of attending the inauguration ceremonies of U.S. presidents of both major political parties.
In the final days of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration, his Interior Department pulled a fast one on him, renaming D.C. Stadium for his archnemesis.
Antidiscrimination and affirmative action efforts at colleges that receive federal aid are no longer required and could be prohibited, several lawyers said.
Among the first executive actions signed by President Donald Trump during his first day in office was ending “radical and wasteful” diversity, equity and inclusion programs inside federal agencies. In a phone call Monday morning ahead of Trump’s swearing-in,
Dr. King's dream for bipartisanship and collaboration is as urgent as ever in the new Trump era, writes John Hope Bryant
Donald Trump’s war on diversity in the workplace has expanded to include the revocation of a landmark anti-discrimination act that has been in place for 60 years. Trump’s order on “Ending illegal discrimination and restoring merit-based opportunity” revokes former President Lyndon B.
President Lyndon B. Johnson addressed the economic disparity between Black and white Americans, highlighting the need for action beyond the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts. His executive order on affirmative action faced a significant challenge when President Trump rescinded it,