Fast Company: Black women hold just 4% of corporate board positions
May 11, 2023
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order requiring government contractors to “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.”
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