Until the 1960s, barriers prevented blacks and other minorities from entering many jobs and educational institutions. ... "The contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during their employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin."2 This order also provided for a President's Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity (PCEEO) headed by the vice-president and staffed by representatives from agencies of the government that often gave contracts to private companies. ... Title VII, which covered emplo...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It's a new law that has been passed that "prohibits the state of California and local governments from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, public education or public contracting (San Jose Mercury News)." ... They firmly believe in Affirmative Action for the same reasons the others do, "Affirmative Action refers to programs that seek to remedy past discrimination against women, minorities, and others by increasing the recruitment, promotion...

• Word Count: 1586
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• Grade Level: High School

Six days before the scheduled march, on June 25, 1941, the President signed Executive Order 8802 that banned work discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, or national origin for defense contractors and appointed the Committee on Fair Employment Practice to monitor compliance with the order. ... The Civil Rights Act of 1964, was a watershed piece of legislation that "outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin" (History). ... " The truth is that even as some racial barriers have tumbled, economic disparities separating the African Ame...

• Word Count: 1633
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When those rights are violated, a person tends to feel betrayed and persecuted due to their color, race, religion or personal beliefs. ... Thus, affirmative action was designed to serve a larger purpose than merely breaking down the barriers and forcing compliance. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

That same year, James Meridith, a black college student, enters the University of Mississippi as the first black person to enter the college after he was rejected three times because of the color of his skin. ...

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District Court, alleging that the sole reason that James Meredith had been denied acceptance into this university was due to the color of his skin. ... He broke barriers that prior to him looked impossible to break. ...

• Word Count: 3205
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School