Long Island Railroad Discovered in Discriminatory Practice

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February 15, 1972

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Press Releases, Volume 6. Long Island Railroad Discovered in Discriminatory Practice, 1972. 000450c5-ba92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/ee42c200-cd75-4205-99c8-0baa350d2ece/long-island-railroad-discovered-in-discriminatory-practice. Accessed October 30, 2025.

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FEBRUARY 15, 1972

LONG ISLAND RAILROAD DISCOVERED

IN DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE

NEW YORK, N.Y. --- NAACP Legal Defense attorneys were

notified today, that the State Division of Human Rights has found

the Long Island Railroad, a New York State Public Agency, responsi-

ble for practicing discrimination on the basis of race.

The case of Marshall M. Jackson against the Long Island

Railroad was filed in July 1970 after Jackson, a black man had been

denied a job as fireman that June.

Jackson was supposedly denied the job on the basis that he

had failed the eye test. It was discovered that in weeks prior to

June 1970, four white men who had also failed the eye test, had

been fired. It was established that all four white men were

related to Long Island Railroad employees.

The State Division of Human Rights has ordered that the

Long Island Railroad offer Jackson a job as fireman with the full

seniority rights and back pay that would have been his had he been

employed initially. The State Division of Human Rights has also

ordered the Long Island Railroad to stop discrimination; and to

carry a policy of non-discrimination. } i

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For further information contact: Attorney William Robinson

or Abeke Foster,Public Informatio:

(212) 586-8397

ACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. | 10 Columbus Circle | New York, N.Y. 10019 | (212) 5}

illiam T. Coleman, Jr. - President Jack Greenberg - Direct

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