ronald reagan was the president who introduced the philadelphia plan which provided the framework for affirmative action.
ronald reagan was the president who introduced the philadelphia plan which provided the framework for affirmative action.
which president introduced the philadelphia plan which provided the framework for affirmative action?
ronald reagan
nixon established the office of minority business enterprise to promote the encourage the establishment of minority-owned businesses. the administration also worked to increase the number of racial minorities hired across the nation in various construction trades, implementing the first affirmative action plan in the united states. the philadelphia plan required government contractors in philadelphia to hire a minimum number of minority workers. in 1970, nixon extended the philadelphia plan to encompass all federal contracts worth more than $50,000,
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affirmative action policies were developed to address long histories of discrimination faced by minorities and women, which reports suggest produced corresponding unfair advantages for whites and males. they first emerged from debates over non-discrimination policies in the 1940s and during the civil rights movement. these debates led to federal executive orders requiring non-discrimination in the employment policies of some government agencies and contractors in the 1940s and onward, and to title vii of the civil rights act of 1964 which prohibited racial discrimination in firms with over 25 employees. the first federal policy of race-conscious affirmative action was the revised philadelphia plan, implemented in 1969, which required certain government contractors to set "goals and timetables" for integrating and diversifying their workforce. similar policies emerged through a mix of voluntary practices and federal and state policies in employment and education. affirmative action as a practice was partially upheld by the supreme court in "grutter v. bollinger "(2003), while the use of racial quotas for college admissions was concurrently ruled unconstitutional by the court in "gratz v. bollinger" (2003).
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