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

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 Opportunity Commission and more widely prohibits employment discrimination because of race, color, national origin, religion and sex.

Just a day after his return to the White House, President Donald Trump is making good on promises to radically remake the federal bureaucracy and end any efforts to create a more diverse or equitable workforce.

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

President Trump revoked a 1965 rule that prohibited federal contractors from discriminating against employees or job applicants.

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."

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.

The Supreme Court has already affirmed the original meaning of the 14th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Now the originalist majority is a solid six votes.

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump is ordering the release of classified documents surrounding the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King,

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,

Learn about the history of Executive Order 11246 following President Trump’s executive order to eliminate DEI programs and remove DEI employees within a week.

President Donald Trump ramped up his attack on federal DEI efforts Tuesday, dismantling DEI offices and rolling back decades-old protections put in place during the Civil Rights Movement.