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  2. Affirmative action in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The modern history begins in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy in 1961 issued Executive Order 10925, which 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."

  3. Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 - Wikipedia

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    On October 15, 1970, Congress enacted the Organized Crime Control Act in response to rising apprehensions from government officials and the American public over increasing crime rates and the proliferatetion of organized crime activity in the U.S. The Organized Crime Control Act was passed in the 91st United States Congress, which, at the time ...

  4. Organized Crime and Racketeering Section - Wikipedia

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    The early half of the twentieth century in the United States saw the continued rise of international criminal syndicates, and their continued growth in American cities. [7] [5] Plethora federal agencies were created to combat this growth of crime, whereas in the nineteenth century, the majority of investigations into organized crime had been performed by the private detective agency, The ...

  5. Affirmative action - Wikipedia

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    The term "affirmative action" was first used in the United States in "Executive Order No. 10925", [18] signed by President John F. Kennedy on 6 March 1961, which included a provision that government contractors "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated [fairly] during employment, without regard ...

  6. Organized crime - Wikipedia

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    Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally thought of as a form of illegal business, some criminal organizations, such as terrorist groups, rebel forces, and separatists, are politically motivated.

  7. Timeline of organized crime - Wikipedia

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    Sources included are Carl Sifakis's The Mafia Encyclopedia, Herbert Asbury's The Gangs of New York and others. Online references also include Thomas P. Hunt's Mafia Chronology, John Dickie's Cosa Nostra history and The Chronological History of La Cosa Nostra in the United States: January 1920 - August 1987 compiled by the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division's Organized Crime ...

  8. Category : History of affirmative action in the United States

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    United States affirmative action case law (36 P) Pages in category "History of affirmative action in the United States" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.

  9. Executive Order 11246 - Wikipedia

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    In 1986, the Reagan administration was opposed to the affirmative action requirements of the executive order and contemplated modifying it to prohibit employers from using "quotas, goals, or other numerical objectives, or any scheme[,] device, or technique that discriminates against, or grants any preference to, any person on the basis of race ...