The Donald Trump administration is carrying out a significant overhaul of the federal government, specifically targeting affirmative action hires and federal diversity, equity, and inclusion staff. Knewz.

Inaugural address included a vow to end efforts to "socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life."

President Trump revoked a 1965 rule that prohibited federal contractors from discriminating against employees.

President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to end affirmative action in federal contracting and is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and even

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 Opportunity Commission and more widely prohibits employment discrimination because of race, color, national origin, religion and sex.

Trump revoked a decades-old executive order saying federal contractors must take affirmative action to avoid discrimination in hiring and employment.

President Trump's major workplace changes may discourage companies from going above and beyond to support diversity and inclusion.

In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump appointed a critic of higher education affirmative action and racial segregation to lead the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Peter Kirsanow, a lawyer and long-time commissioner at the agency, now will chair it, according to a Monday announcement from the White House.