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Frederick Douglass grandson wins big in race bias case

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From: New York Amsterdam News
Date: 19940319
Author:Annette Walker

Annette Walker
New York Amsterdam News
03-19-1994
Frederick Douglass grandson wins big in race bias case.

An African-American Brinks guard has won from the State Division of Human Rights what may be a record award -- approximately $345,000 -- in a discrimination case brought before that body, announced the attorneys from O'Dwyer & Bernstein.

In a case that dragged on for six years, during which time Frederick Douglas Murray was disabled, the tribunal agreed that Brinks had evidenced disparate treatment in handling Murray's case and a similar case involving a White guard.

Attorney Roberto ...

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