JimNasium2 wrote:

Heston participated in civil rights marches and demonstrations and arranged a meeting between Martin Luther King Jr. and
officials of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees to discuss opening the union to blacks. He later became an
opponent of affirmative action. Why did he make such a complete about face?

Heston felt affirmative action was "a stain on America's soul," feeling that it was a form of racism and political correctness gone awry. He believed in equality of the races. Like many of us, he felt affirmative action was wrongheaded as it imposed quotas.