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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.
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What happened
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.
Why it matters
EquityStack classifies this policy as positive impact with moderate supporting evidence. The record matters because it helps explain how government action shaped Black Americans' rights, resources, exposure to harm, or access to institutions.
What this means
Impact on Black Americans
Expanded federal equal-employment oversight and helped establish the administrative architecture that later evolved into stronger contract-compliance enforcement.
1961
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.
Outcome
Expanded federal equal-employment oversight and helped establish the administrative architecture that later evolved into stronger contract-compliance enforcement.
1961-03-06T08:00:00.000Z
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Previous era-adjacent record: Civil Rights Act of 1960.
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Executive Order 10925
Historical EEOC page with text of the order establishing the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity.
Executive Orders Disposition Tables: 1961 Kennedy
National Archives disposition table confirming the signature date and later supersession by Executive Order 11246.
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| Promise | President | Status | Topic | Policy Outcomes | Sources |
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| Issue Executive Order 10925 on equal employment opportunity Kennedy issued Executive Order 10925, creating an early modern federal equal-employment enforcement framework and helping establish the administrative bridge to later affirmative-action enforcement. John F. Kennedy • Civil Rights / Employment Access / Executive Enforcement | John F. Kennedy | Delivered | Civil Rights / Employment Access / Executive Enforcement | 1 | 0 |