Rossein said some people might have confused Johnson’s 1965 order with the 1964 Civil Rights Act he signed into law that went into effect July 5, 1965. That law created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and more widely prohibits employment discrimination because of race, color, national origin, religion and sex.

President Trump revoked a 1965 rule that prohibited federal contractors from discriminating against employees or job applicants.

Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, promoting affirmative action in federal contracting, was among the number of DEI policies targeted by the president.

The new president just unwound a landmark anti-discrimination measure implemented amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement.

The phrase "affirmative action" and much of the executive order Trump is repealing, itself built on one signed by Johnson's predecessor John F. Kennedy in March 1961, which asked government contractors to "take affirmative action" to insure employees and applicants were treated "without regard to their race, creed, color or national origin."

Just a day after his return to the White House, President Donald Trump is making good on promises to radically remake the federal bureaucracy and end any efforts to create a more diverse or equitable workforce.

President Trump revoked a Civil Rights-era anti-discrimination rule for federal contractors, but the action doesn’t repeal existing workplace discrimination laws.

Learn about the history of Executive Order 11246 following President Trump’s executive order to eliminate DEI programs and remove DEI employees within a week.

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President Donald Trump ramped up his attack on federal DEI efforts Tuesday, dismantling DEI offices and rolling back decades-old protections put in place during the Civil Rights Movement.

The new president’s advisers have become masters of the government bureaucracy they have promised to upend. During his Inaugural Address on Monday, President Trump made a point of telling the country that he had learned “a lot” over the past eight years. The four and a half days since have revealed what he meant.