Affirmative Action was first introduced by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 when in an Executive Order he said for government contractors to take “Affirmative Action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are …show more content…
This early form of Affirmative Action was meant to promote equal opportunity in the American workforce. That Executive Order was later replaced by an Executive Order made in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. This Executive Order made government contractors obligated to not discriminate when hiring employees for projects paid for by the government. Though this Executive Order is like the Executive Order created by John F. Kennedy, it was implemented after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it included women in the list of groups not to discriminate against. This Executive Order later became a federal law in 1977 which requires “10 percent of funds for public works be allotted to qualified minority contractors” (Britannica). Affirmative Action isn’t aimed at just affecting the workplace, it also affects college admissions. This aspect of Affirmative Action started with the