Apartheid. USA 1988

January 17, 1988:

When Clara Watson dropped by Fort Worth Bank and Trust in 1973 to pick up an application for a job as a teller, she said, the chilly reception almost ended her dream of working at the bank. But Mrs Watson who is black, persisted. She was eventually hired. It seemed a success story until she tried to become a supervisor. Three times Mrs Watson applied for the higher position, and each time it was given to a white person. The fourth time, in 1981, she filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Now her story is before the Supreme Court and building towards a decision with potentially dramatic effects on the way hiring and promotion decisions are made for millions of workers. Soon after she filed her suit, Mrs Watson left the bank and had considerable trouble finding another banking position in Fort Worth, Texas. Eventually

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she took a job as a baggage handler for American Airlines.^205.

205. The New York Times, from a report by Kenneth B Noble