Rossein said some people might have confused Johnson’s 1965 order with the 1964 Civil Rights Act he signed into law that went into effect July 5, 1965. That law created the Equal Employment ...
By revoking Executive Order 11246, Donald Trump has erased key civil rights protections for federal contractors.
Trump revoked a decades-old executive order saying federal contractors must take affirmative action to avoid discrimination in hiring and employment.
Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, promoting affirmative action in federal contracting, was among the number of DEI policies targeted by the president.