Box 137
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Minority Group Studies, 1960-1967
File — Box: 137, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: Series 2.
Scope and contents
From the subsubseries:
In 1961, John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 10925 creating the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (PCEEO) chaired by then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. President Kennedy appointed Wheeler to the PCEEO in 1961 as one of two black members. The PCEEO worked to eliminate discrimination from government employment. The main components of Executive Order 10925 gave the PCEEO the authority to investigate the employment practices of government agencies to ensure that...
Dates:
1960-1967
Plans for Progress, 1961-1966, undated
File — Box: 137, Folder: 3-9
Identifier: Series 2.
Scope and contents
From the subsubseries:
In 1961, John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 10925 creating the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (PCEEO) chaired by then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. President Kennedy appointed Wheeler to the PCEEO in 1961 as one of two black members. The PCEEO worked to eliminate discrimination from government employment. The main components of Executive Order 10925 gave the PCEEO the authority to investigate the employment practices of government agencies to ensure that...
Dates:
1961-1966, undated
Press Releases and Clippings, 1961-1965, undated
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Series 2.
Scope and contents
From the subsubseries:
In 1961, John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 10925 creating the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (PCEEO) chaired by then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. President Kennedy appointed Wheeler to the PCEEO in 1961 as one of two black members. The PCEEO worked to eliminate discrimination from government employment. The main components of Executive Order 10925 gave the PCEEO the authority to investigate the employment practices of government agencies to ensure that...
Dates:
1961-1965, undated