Executive Order 10925, signed by PresidentJohn F. Kennedy on March 6, 1961, required government contractors to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin." It established the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (PCEEO), which was chaired by then Vice President Lyndon Johnson.[1] Vice Chair and Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg was in charge of the Committee's operations.[1] This first implementation of affirmative action was intended to give equal opportunities in the workforce to all U.S. citizens, not to give special treatment to those discriminated against.[2]
Opponents of the PCEEO and Executive Order 10925 included Senator J. Lister Hill, a segregationistDemocrat from Alabama, who claimed that the committee and the executive order were overreaches by the federal government into the private business of America.[1]
^Vertreace, W. (2010, 01). HISTORY OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION IN AMERICA. Black Collegian, 40, 57-58,60
^Golland, David Hamilton, Constructing Affirmative Action: The Struggle for Equal Employment Opportunity (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2011)
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executive, order, 10925, signed, president, john, kennedy, march, 1961, required, government, contractors, take, affirmative, action, ensure, that, applicants, employed, that, employees, treated, during, employment, without, regard, their, race, creed, color, . Executive Order 10925 signed by President John F Kennedy on March 6 1961 required government contractors to take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race creed color or national origin It established the President s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity PCEEO which was chaired by then Vice President Lyndon Johnson 1 Vice Chair and Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg was in charge of the Committee s operations 1 This first implementation of affirmative action was intended to give equal opportunities in the workforce to all U S citizens not to give special treatment to those discriminated against 2 Following passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which went into effect a year later on July 2 1965 and President Johnson s Executive Order 11246 which was signed on September 24 1965 the Committee s functions were divided between the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEOC and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance which in 1975 was renamed the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs 3 Opponents of the PCEEO and Executive Order 10925 included Senator J Lister Hill a segregationist Democrat from Alabama who claimed that the committee and the executive order were overreaches by the federal government into the private business of America 1 See also EditExecutive Order 8802 Affirmative action in the United States Executive order United States References Edit a b c http shfg org shfg wp content uploads 2011 01 4 MacLaury design4 new Layout 1 pdf Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine bare URL PDF Vertreace W 2010 01 HISTORY OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION IN AMERICA Black Collegian 40 57 58 60 Golland David Hamilton Constructing Affirmative Action The Struggle for Equal Employment Opportunity Lexington University Press of Kentucky 2011 External links Edit Wikisource has original text related to this article Executive Order 10925 Full text of Executive Order 10925 Archived 2010 05 27 at the Wayback Machine Text of Executive Order 11246 This civil rights movement related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Executive Order 10925 amp oldid 1122197217, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
