5 Fair empl.prac.cas. 587, 5 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 8460 United States of America v. Georgia Power Company, Charles King v. Georgia Power Company

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• finding that word-of-mouth recruiting system can operate as a “‘built-in headwind’” isolating blacks from “web of information” relating to job openings
• discussing legislative history of Title VII, which indicates desire to permit Attorney General to pursue back pay
• award of fees to plaintiff in Title VII suit, which was joined by Attorney General
• the court cited statistics from the South and from the Atlanta area showing that a substantially higher percentage of whites had completed high school than blacks
• the court cited statistics from the South and from the Atlanta area showing that a substantially higher percentage of whites had completed high school than blacks
• action to recover lost wages and like damages under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 subject to two-year statute of limitations codified at Ga. Code Ann. § 3-704

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