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Eisenhower Passes Executive Order 10479
Executive Order 10479 Executive order 10479 was signed on August 13, 1953 by President Dwight Eisenhower. It created the Government Contract Committee, which was established to help with the equal employment opportunity program of the United States Government. It gave President Johnson an idea to build from when he made executive order 11246. -
Civil Rights Act Signed
Civil Rights Act President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. The Civil Rights act was kind of like a predecessor to executive order 11246. It prohibited all kinds of discrimination in general, which led to the executive order being made for more specific purposes. If the Civil Rights Act had never been created, there would be no executive order 11246. -
President Gives Speech About Affirmative Action
Speech President Johnson gave a speech to the graduating class of Harvard which outlined his ideas and beliefs about affirmative action. This outlined the idea that president Johnson knew the unfair expectations places on black people to fit into society, even without the privileges that white people had. Many people believe that this was the basis for executive order 11246. -
CBS Fires White Musicians
Post-Tribune
The Post-Tribune reported on CBS’s attempt at affirmative action. This attempt was to fire 3 white musicians from the Chicago orchestra in order to make room for 3 black musicians. The newspaper seemed to feel that this was a positive decision, saying that discrimination was ‘evil’ and ‘wrong’, but they also felt that is was a poor way of handling the situation. If even went as far as to suggest -
Executive Order 11246 Signed
Civil Rights Movement
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the executive order on September 24, 1965, -
NAACP Reflects on Representation
Newspaper The Bakersfield branch of the NAACP writes to the newspaper, noting the vacancy on the Kern County Civil Service Commission, and asking them to allow more minority representation. They note that there are NO colored people. They use the idea of ‘affirmative action’ to tr -
Appeals Court FInds Order Valid
Executive Order 11246 The Contractor’s Association of Eastern Pennsylvania brought a case to court questioning whether or not Nixon’s implementation of executive order 11246, known as the Philadelphia Plan, went beyond the president’s constitutional authority. The judges found that the order was valid. -
Griggs vs. Duke Power Company
Court Case An example of EO 11246 in action. Re-wrote the standards for discrimination, making the rule that any requirement for a job had to be related to that job. Involved the Duke Power Company, who had purposely begun adding requirements to job positions that they knew most black people couldn’t meet, even if they could perform the job well. The court found Duke Power Company to be in the wrong.
