Executive Order 11246 required federal contractors and subcontractors to engage in affirmative action programs designed to hire and promote women and minorities.
It was signed by Presidet Lyndon Johnson and was done to make opportunities for equal for minorities in the U.S.
It was to do this by requiring that federal contractors use affirmative action policies when hiring people so they could hire more minorities and women.
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