The legal origins of diversity in employment was initiated in the US in the 1960s. This reflected the upheaval of the Civil Rights movement and federal legislation spearheaded by President Lyndon B. Johnson following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. e 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibited the exclusion of under-represented minorities, including African-Americans, Asians, Latinos, women, etc., from employment in U.S. government agencies.