An interview with Charles Toney about his work with John Deere and the Equal Employment Advisory Council
In the 1960s, many different forms of racial discrimination that took place in the US were challenged. A common method of prejudice was for people to refuse to hire minorities for higher paying jobs. This caused many college-educated people in minority groups to work low paying jobs. Executive Order 10925 was issued by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 which made it illegal for companies with government contracts to refuse to hire people based on race. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal for all companies to refuse to hire people based on race, even if the company did not have a government contract.
Charles Toney began working for the executive department of John Deere, Deere & Co., in 1964. It was because of Charles’s hard work that he was able to reach this position. His time at John Deere helped to bring better job opportunities for minority groups at John Deere and in the Quad Cities area.
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