5 Black trailblazers from Texas you should know about this Black History Month
Here are five Black History Month icons from Texas that you need to know about.
Trump memo on civil rights, DEI executive order undermine 60 years of progress | Opinion
President Donald Trump's orders on civil rights are a stunning blow to America’s 60-year fight against discrimination.
Assessing Claims About Trump’s Revocation of an LBJ Executive Order
President Donald Trump signed nearly three dozen executive orders during his first week in office. One order he signed on ...
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Meet Lucius Amerson, the first Black sheriff in the South since Reconstruction
His leadership as sheriff of Macon County extended over 20 years, during which he was reelected multiple times.
Trump revoked an anti-discrimination hiring rule. Here’s what it means.
Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, promoting affirmative action in federal contracting, was among the number of DEI ...
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Trump doesn't only want to end DEI. He's also voiding a Civil Rights-era anti-discrimination rule.
President Trump revoked a 1965 rule that prohibited federal contractors from discriminating against employees or job ...
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Was JFK’s death a conspiracy? New revelations from investigations
However, in 1975, a tape showing Kennedy's assassination by Abraham Zapruder raised new doubts about the official findings.
Why President Johnson signed the executive order in 1965 that Trump rescinded
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 ...
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The naming of RFK Stadium was a classic tale of Washington intrigue
The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium site has long been a subject of fascination for Washington sports fans who remember its past glories. Now the plot of land directly east of the Capitol could ...
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Did Trump kill ‘Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1965’? Here’s why that claim caused confusion
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 ...
Trump wants to send troops to border. Here’s 10 times the military was deployed in US
Troops have been previously deployed in the U.S. by presidents, including George H.W. Bush and John F. Kennedy.
Affirmative Action Vs. DEI: The Difference Between Them
With President Donald Trump’s changes to the federal workforce, focusing on eliminating DEI programs, here’s a look at the ...