The history of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in America

by Panzer
Anchor: Since president trump
returned to the white house,
rolling back diversity, equity,
and inclusion initiatives has
been at the top of his agenda.
He has targeted these programs,
dismantling decades of federal
antidiscrimination policy.
We explored the origins of
D.E.I. In America.
>> Long before it became a
household term, there were other
efforts to move to equal rights
for all Americans.
Some of the earliest when the
late 1800s.
As southern states enacted Jim
crow laws, making segregation
legal.
They helped them look for jobs.
In 1866, Andrew Johnson veto
legislation whom.
Nearly a century later, black
Americans was ill facing racism
and discrimination.
At the height of the movement,
JFK became the first president
to call for affirmative action.
Lyndon Johnson signed the civil
rights act.
By the 1990's, a backlash that
emerged over affirmative action.
Voters in California, Washington
, Michigan, and Arizona banned
its use in a public education
and employment.
Racial justice was back in the
conscience.
Companies began ending these