The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones. Julius Caesar Act III, Scene 2

Seems like an appropriate quote upon the passing of Arthur A. Fletcher.

Arthur A. Fletcher, who was widely regarded as the father of affirmative action, has died. He was 80.

Fletcher died of natural causes Tuesday at his home in Washington, D.C.

As the assistant secretary of Labor under President Nixon in 1969, Fletcher devised the first successful enforcement plan for affirmative action, known as "the revised Philadelphia Plan."

It required employers doing business with the government to set timetables for hiring minorities and was later amended to include women.

It became the blueprint for affirmative action programs.

Word is that Mr. Fletcher was denied a place in heaven so that a deserving member of a historically under-represented group could be admitted.

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