Although the prospect of civil rights and equality for African Americans looked to have experienced a set back by the start of the 1970s ... were known as ‘affirmative action’.

Affirmative action was defined as “any measure ... and government employers throughout the United States in the early 1970’s. These employer-based efforts for equal employment opportunity ...

His real estate business was sued in the 1970s by the U.S. Department of ... “is huge,” he added. “The phrase ‘affirmative ...

How the racial makeup of colleges changed after the affirmative action ruling Universities are disclosing the racial makeup of the first class of students admitted after the Supreme Court ...

As the Supreme Court considers whether affirmative action is legal ... who started coming to the U.S. in larger numbers after the 1970s, tend to have higher incomes than non-immigrant blacks ...

Together these laws were known as ‘affirmative action’. Affirmative action made it necessary for government agencies, state governments, local governments and public organisations to hire more ...