Affirmative Action 

     Affirmative Action: History Affirmative Action (AA) is a written civil law that softens federal contractors and employers' past and present employment discriminations against minority groups, such as African Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, and Asian-Americans. AA was passed into law by president John F. Kennedy's Executive Order's (E.O.) 10925 instructing federal contractors to modify their employment practices and introduce AA in order to remedy the results (effects) of past discriminations and to ensure that such discriminations do not occur.
     Since the passage of AA into law, it has been amended by presidents under the Civil Rights Acts of 1961, which also prohibits employers' discriminations against employees and states that virtually all companies have some form of AA. Executive Orders and amendments to the AA are found on the Web http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/aahist.html.

     Purpose: Affirmation Action is a systematic written plan programs that outlines companies' goals for fair employment in hiring, training, promoting, and compensating minority workers, such as women, and Native Americans for past and present discriminations. AA attempts to lessen employers' discriminations.
     This web page includes AA in the work place, schools, and pros and cons. Users should select topic heading, such as work place to view details information on AA and Web links.

Affirmative Action in the Work Place
Affirmative Action in the School System
Affirmative Action Pros and Cons

Created by:

La Tina Tolbert
John Mallard
Jennifer DeWit
Rossi Callahan