HIST 4061 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: New Kent County, Virginia, Executive Order 11246, Everett Dirksen
13 Aug 2016
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The origins of affirmative action hugh davis graham. 2 phases of affirmative actions: 1: civil rights act 1964 and voting rights act of 1965 shaped by presidency and congress emphasized non-discrimination under constitution, 2: shift toward minority preferences during nixon administration. Development of 2 agencies to enforce civil rights act: equal employment opportunity. Commission under title vii and office of federal contract compliance under title vi. A generation after civil rights act of 1964, minority preferences have become standard policy and supporters seldom defend them as temporary. Resentment shared by both sides in affirmative action dispute traced to a crucial moment of transition in late 1960s: 1964-72, federal gov. was committed to a pervasive new structure of social regulation. Civil rights act of 1964 was beginning of transition: main intended results were: destruction of legal segregation in south and equal rights for women. Title vi enforced government contracts for prohibition of discrimination in programs receiving funds from grants, loans etc.
