presidents

• Roosavelt - 1933-45


  • new deal
  • executive orders 8587, 8802
  • did a lot for AA's but was limited - EO 8802 was only temporary and lots of people lost their jobs post war
• Truman - 1945-53


  • EO 9981
  • views on civil rights - openly supported, hands tied by democrats in congress
  • impact was limited - wanted to help more but couldn't
• Eisenhower - 1933-61


  • appointment of chief justice earl warren who passed brown vs topeka
  • 1957 CRA
  • supported separate but equal
  • interveined on the side of the students during little rock 9
  • good impact
• Nixon


  • equal employment opportunity act - reinforced the CRA 1964 by giving the federal govt the power to sue anyone not following the legislation
• Reagan


  • cut funding to affirmative action
  • cut funding to the civil rights department of the justice department
• Bush


  • CRA 1991 - put emphasis on businesses to prove that any discrimination in the workplace was due to the ability to do the job and not race