Executive Order
Executive Order 10925
Established the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity and used the phrase 'affirmative action' in the federal contracting context to require proactive nondiscrimination efforts by government contractors.
Year
1961
Impact
Positive
Status
Expired
Party
Democratic Party
Era
Civil Rights Era
Impact Context
Expanded federal equal-employment oversight and helped establish the administrative architecture that later evolved into stronger contract-compliance enforcement.
What This Policy Did
Expanded federal equal-employment oversight and helped establish the administrative architecture that later evolved into stronger contract-compliance enforcement.
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Sources
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission • Government • Mar 6, 1961
Historical EEOC page with text of the order establishing the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity.
National Archives • Government
National Archives disposition table confirming the signature date and later supersession by Executive Order 11246.