Executive Order 10925
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Executive Order 10925 was signed by President
President of the United States
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 John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
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 on March 6, 1961, requiring government contractors to "take affirmative action
Affirmative action
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 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, which later became the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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 (EEOC) in the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Executive Order 10925 of President Kennedy was supplemented by President Johnson's Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965.

External links

  1. Full text of Executive Order 10925
  2. Text of Executive Order 11246
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