History

affirmative action in the workplace

By Avan Bryson

  • WHAT ROLE DID THE 14TH AMENDMENT PLAY?

    WHAT ROLE DID THE 14TH AMENDMENT PLAY?
    Approved by Congress in 1866, the amendment forbade states from creating laws that infringed upon the rights of U.S. citizens or denied citizens equal protection under the law.

  • AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SUFFERS MAJOR SETBACK IN SUPREME COURT

    AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SUFFERS MAJOR SETBACK IN SUPREME COURT
    blacks could be segregated from whites as long as the services they received were equal to those of whites.

  • BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION SPELLS END OF JIM CROW

    BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION SPELLS END OF JIM CROW
    When a Kansas school girl who wanted to go to a white public school she was declined. because of this court ruled that discrimination is a key aspect of racial segregation.

  • ROOSEVELT AND TRUMAN FIGHT EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION

    ROOSEVELT AND TRUMAN FIGHT EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
    prohibited defense companies with federal contracts from using discriminatory practices in hiring and training

  • THE TERM “AFFIRMATIVE ACTION” ENTERS AMERICAN LEXICON

    THE TERM “AFFIRMATIVE ACTION” ENTERS AMERICAN LEXICON
    John Kennedy sighed an executive order that had the first reference to "Affirmative action" the order ended race-based discrimination.

  • HARVARD ANTI-AFFIRMATIVE ACTION LAWSUIT

    HARVARD ANTI-AFFIRMATIVE ACTION LAWSUIT
    A RECENT lawsuit filed alleging racial discrimination at Harvard against Asian-Americans, attempt of white conservatives to repeal affirmative action programs to deny black students access to higher education.