... 1961, creating a Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity and mandating that projects financed by federal funding would "take affirmative action" to ensure that hiring and employment practices were free of racial bias [Hud99]. Two more executive orders in 1965 and 1968 prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, and gender, giving the federal government the ... race as a factor in admissions decisions to public universities. Those that do not support affirmative action believe that it is "reverse discrimination", claiming that a white applicant with highe...

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... Kennedy and Johnson administrations however many senators felt that Powell was shown political favoritism by government agencies when receiving federal loans and grants. "Powell was not above seeking White House help when he needed personal political support, to get a bill passed, to protect his committee's jurisdiction and power, and the White House was willing to reciprocate with the volatile congressman ... "Mr. Civil Rights". He was known for proposing anti-poverty legislation and misusing government funds allotted for his congressional department, education and labor. He attacked ra...

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