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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 ...
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."
Executive Order 11246 was an executive order of the Article II branch of the U.S. Federal government, in place from 1965 to 2025, specifying non-discriminatory practices and affirmative action in federal government hiring and employment.
Check out CNN’s Affirmative Action Fast Facts for some background information about affirmative action as well as a few notable Supreme Court court cases.
News of the Supreme Court ruling that affirmative action in higher education is unconstitutional has catapulted the policy that was legal for at least 45 years to the forefront.
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 ...
When the Supreme Court of the United States outlawed affirmative action, declaring that race can’t be a factor in college admissions, I thought: ...
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 ...