By revoking Executive Order 11246, Donald Trump has erased key civil rights protections for federal contractors.

The phrase "affirmative action" and much of the executive order Trump is repealing, itself built on one signed by Johnson's predecessor John F. Kennedy in March 1961, which asked government contractors to "take affirmative action" to insure employees and applicants were treated "without regard to their race, creed, color or national origin."

Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, promoting affirmative action in federal contracting, was among the number of DEI policies targeted by the president.

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.

Trump became president moments after noon, taking the oath read by Chief Justice John Roberts. Trump was joined by his wife Melania Trump who was holding both a family bible and the one used by President Abraham Lincoln at his 1861 inauguration.

Antidiscrimination and affirmative action efforts at colleges that receive federal aid are no longer required and could be prohibited, several lawyers said.

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The new president just unwound a landmark anti-discrimination measure implemented amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement.

U.S. President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order this week that dismantles decades of federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, including the revocation of an order signed in 1965 by President Lyndon B.

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 His executive order on affirmative action faced a significant challenge when President Trump rescinded it,