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.

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

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

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

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."

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.

Donald Trump wants to declassify remaining documents related to the assassination of John F Kennedy, RFK and MLK.

With a stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Tuesday that overturned government policies going back six decades that banned discrimination and required affirmative action by federal contractors.

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.

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The Trump administration urged government employees to inform on each other and their departments in order to root out any attempts to hide diversity programs.