Two North Carolina Trucking Firms Charged with Bias in LDF Law Suits

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September 3, 1966

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Press Releases, Volume 4. Two North Carolina Trucking Firms Charged with Bias in LDF Law Suits, 1966. 15391421-b792-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/5dcf14b5-2609-41be-9ca9-52fb8b8838b7/two-north-carolina-trucking-firms-charged-with-bias-in-ldf-law-suits. Accessed July 09, 2025.

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Legal Defense and Educational Fund 
PRESS RELEASE 
President 

Hon. Francis E. Rivers 
Director-Counsel 

Jack Greenberg FOR RELEASE 
SATURDAY 
September 3, 1966 

TWO NORTH CAROLINA TRUCKING FIRMS. CHARGED 
WITH BIAS IN LDF LAW SUITS 

CHARLOTTE-----The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. 

this week filed suits charging employment discrimination against 

two North Carolina trucking firms. 

The suits were filed against the Pilot Freight Carriers, 

Inc. and the Central Motor Lines, Inc. Both the defendant com- 

panies are trucking firms operating from Charlotte, N. C. and 

are engaged in inter-state commerce. 

The Legal Defense Fund attorneys, in their U.S. District 

Court complaints, allege that the defendant companies in both 

the cases refused to consider the plaintiff's application for 

employment. The Negro plaintiffs in the two separate cases are 

Charles W. Walker, and Marcus Black, respectively. 

Mr. Walker, in his complaint, stated that the Pilot 
Freight Carriers Inc. refused to accept his application for employ- 
ment as a long-haul truck driver, because of "equipment shortage". 
However, subsequent to Mr. Walker's application, according to the 
complaint, the company hired five white workers for the same posi- 
tion. 

In the case of Mr. Black, the Fund attorneys charge the 
Central Motor Lines with discriminatory practices against the 
plaintiff and other members of his race. Segregated toilet facil 
ities, dressing room facilities, and general refusal to consider 
advancements for Negroes in job positions, were some of the main 
charges listed in the complaint. 

A similar complaint was filed earlier with the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission, which found reasonable cause 
to believe the alleged violations had eccurred. The Commission 
tried to seek a conciliation between the principal parties, but 
was unsuccessful. The Legal Defense Fund attorneys then filed 
the two civil actions for relief. 

Legal Defense Fund attorneys involved in the case are 
Director-Counsel Jack Greenberg, Leroy Clark, and Robert Belton 
of New York, Conrad Pearson of Durham, N. C., and Julius Chambers 
of Charlotte, N. C. 

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Jesse DeVore, Jr., Director of Public Information—Night Number 212 RIverside 9-8487 te)

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