Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
Summary
Directed federal agencies to identify and address disproportionately high and adverse health or environmental effects of their programs, policies, and activities on minority and low-income populations.
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Related Executive Orders
Authorizing the Secretary of War to Prescribe Military Areas
Franklin D. Roosevelt — February 19, 1942
Desegregation of the Armed Forces
Harry S. Truman — July 26, 1948
Desegregation of Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas
Dwight D. Eisenhower — September 23, 1957
Establishing the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity
John F. Kennedy — March 6, 1961
Equal Opportunity in Housing
John F. Kennedy — November 20, 1962
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