America made its history as the first Black person, Barack Obama, was sworn in as the 44th president of the country. In front of record-breaking crowds, the young senator became the commander-in-chief of the United States,
Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, promoting affirmative action in federal contracting, was among the number of DEI policies targeted by the president.
By revoking Executive Order 11246, Donald Trump has erased key civil rights protections for federal contractors.
Some social media users appear to have mistakenly conflated Trump’s executive order with a provision of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and falsely claimed that the move to repeal Johnson’s 1965 executive order will leave businesses free to discriminate in their employment practices.
With Trump experiencing his second inauguration, we decided to look back at the inauguration of the only Black person in America to become U.S. president.
AJ columnist Rogelio Medina on the way to Narita, Japan onboard Japan Airlines. THANKS to the nice and courteous service from Japan Airlines, I was well taken care of
Whether the policies are good or bad, some of President Donald Trump's executive orders exceed his constitutional authority.
Among the first executive actions signed by President Donald Trump during his first day in office was ending “radical and wasteful” diversity, equity and inclusion programs inside federal agencies. In a phone call Monday morning ahead of Trump’s swearing-in,
Dr. King's dream for bipartisanship and collaboration is as urgent as ever in the new Trump era, writes John Hope Bryant
What is clear is that after four contentious years, Biden leaves Washington as a remarkably consequential one-term president.
When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he expected to sign the Voting Rights Act shortly.
President Donald Trump this week revoked an executive order aimed at banning discrimination by federal contractors and subcontractors as part of his sweeping effort to crack down on federal diversity programs.