Axios: “President Trump has embarked on a systematic effort to unravel Lyndon B. Johnson’s civil rights legacy, rolling back protections that have shaped American life for nearly six decades….
The big picture: Two months into his term, Trump already has overturned, weakened or targeted LBJ policies on voting rights, desegregation, the environment, immigration, education, affirmative action and health care.
- Within hours of taking office, Trump revoked LBJ’s 1965 executive order mandating “equal opportunity” for people of color and women in the recruitment, hiring and training of federal contractors.
- Trump’s new order triggered sweeping changes to anti-discrimination rules — including a little-noticed memo stating that the federal government no longer would unequivocally prohibit contractors from operating “segregated facilities.””