By Shirley Wilcher
On June 4, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson gave the commencement address, titled “To Fulfill These Rights,” at Howard University, a historically black college in Washington, D.C. Johnson gave this speech three months before signing Executive Order (EO) 11246, the law that bars employment discrimination and requires affirmative action to promote equal employment opportunity at federal contractor facilities.
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