The press release discusses the complaint brought by the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), the African Heritage Studies Association, One Hundred Black Men, Inc., and Judge William H. Booth against The New York Times for its continued publication of advertisements for employment in South Africa. Counsel for the complainants, Douglas Wachholz of the Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights under Law and Peter Weiss of the Center for Constitutional Rights, presented documents and testimony at a hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights that underscored the discriminatory nature of the ads. Joel Carlson and Andrew Lukele, former South African attorneys, cited laws governing employment,...
The press release discusses the complaint brought by the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), the African Heritage Studies Association, One Hundred Black Men, Inc., and Judge William H. Booth against The New York Times for its continued publication of advertisements for employment in South Africa. Counsel for the complainants, Douglas Wachholz of the Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights under Law and Peter Weiss of the Center for Constitutional Rights, presented documents and testimony at a hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights that underscored the discriminatory nature of the ads. Joel Carlson and Andrew Lukele, former South African attorneys, cited laws governing employment, housing, and education that would render it intolerable, if not impossible, for black Americans to be hired for these positions. Several prominent blank New Yorkers also testified, including Prof. Hugh Smyth, former Ambassador to Syria and Malta; Dr. John Henrik Clarke; Dick Clark of Dick Clark Associates, a minority hiring consulting firm; and Prof. Tilden LeLMelle. The press release quotes Hope Stevens, Chairman of the Uptown Chamber of Commerce; Priscilla Bassett; and George Houser, Executive Director of ACOA.
