GE CLST 20B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Executive Order 10925, Executive Order 11246, Lyndon B. Johnson
11 Feb 2016
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Expectation from former and freed african americans from past. Divided union, loss of support from radical reconstruction injustice. What is the role of history of policy decisions. Executive order 10925 makes the first reference to affirmative action . President john f. kennedy issued executive order 10925, which creates the committee on equal employment opportunity and mandate that projects financed with federal funds. Take affirmative action: to ensure that hiring and employment practices are free of racial bias. Education the major part of determining affirmative action. Civil rights act signed by president lyndon johnson. In an eloquent speech to the graduating class at howard uni, president johnson frames the concept of underlying affirmative action, asserting that civil rights laws alone are not enough to remedy discrimination. We seek not just freedom but opportunity--not just legal equity but human ability--not just equality as a right and a theory, but equally as a fact and as a result.
