The Crusade for Equality in the Workplace: The Griggs v. Duke Power Story

by Robert K. Belton

On March 8, 1971, the Supreme Court of the United States decided a case, Griggs v. Duke Power Co., brought by thirteen African American employees who worked as common laborers and janitors at one of Duke Power's facilities. The decision, in plaintiffs' favor, marked a profound and enduring challenge to the dominance of white males in the workplace. In this book, Robert Belton, who represented the plaintiffs for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700619534
• ISBN13: 9780700619535
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"