<P> The EEOC was established on July 2 , 1965 ; its mandate is specified under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ( ADEA ) , the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 , the Americans with Disabilities Act ( ADA ) of 1990 , and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 . The EEOC 's first complainants were female flight attendants . However , the EEOC at first ignored sex discrimination complaints , and the prohibition against sex discrimination in employment went unenforced for the next few years . One EEOC director called the prohibition `` a fluke ... conceived out of wedlock . '' </P>
the equal employment opportunity commission was created as part of
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964