Tenisha Morrison The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Section 1 The United States Commission for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or simply “The Commission” is our nation’s primary civil rights agency, and was established to ban illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. The Civil Rights Act of the of 1964 was the catalyst for its implementation. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 or Title VII “prohibits employers from discriminating against employees in hiring, promotion, and termination decisions based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin”. Under the act, employers that have fifteen or more employees and are included, federal, state, and local governments, as well as public and private colleges and universities. During the height of the Civil Rights Era, the country was in a state of extraordinary turmoil surrounding the nightmare of Jim Crow and segregation. Advocates were fervent about fighting the Jim Crow laws that supported violence, terrorism, the disenfranchisement of African Americans and promoted white supremacy. President Lyndon B. Johnson bravely picked up where President John F. Kennedy left off and signed the Civil …show more content…
The EEOC is responsible for providing practical support and guidance to federal administrative departments to ensure their respective compliance to anti-discriminatory guidelines, as well as facilitating hearings for complainants. Many employers require EEOC trainings, workshops and webinars to ensure compliance, and educate supervisors and managers. Their website highlights the federal lasThe commission is also responsible for the development and distribution of educational materials on affirmative employment and useful information to be used in practice in the workforce. The EEOC headquarters are in Washington, D.C., however their are 53 various field offices around the