AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Close
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
<a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26681087_ITM" title="Facts and information about Civil rights leader now shilling for Wal-Mart.(Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)(Brief article)">Civil rights leader now shilling for Wal-Mart.(Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)(Brief article)</a>
Close
Set up an RSS feed that alerts you when new articles from Colorlines Magazine are available.
Frequently asked questions about RSS feeds
Civil rights leader now shilling for Wal-Mart.(Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)(Brief article)
While the national media is drawing attention to criticisms mounted against Wal-Mart, the company has signed up a civil rights era figure, Andrew Young, to support the continued expansion of the world's largest corporation. Young, a former aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., has been a U.S. Congressman and mayor of Atlanta. He told the AP that Wal-Mart offers "some of the best ...
Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
For more facts and information, see all results
- Civil Rights Pioneer Andrew Young to Serve as Chairman of Working Families for...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 27, 2006 700+ words
...27 /PRNewswire/ -- Civil rights pioneer and distinguished...Working Families for Wal-Mart, a group comprised...more companies followed Wal-Mart's lead in providing...it one-sided -- on Wal-Mart's impact on...Luther King, Jr. in the civil rights movement, he went on...
- Oregon Fines Wal-Mart in Civil Rights Claim.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 22, 2002 700+ words
...33,123 against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for violating the civil rights of a worker whose...office enforces state civil rights and wage-and...The state accused Wal-Mart of using...Arkansas-based Wal-Mart, which reported...amp; Industries' civil rights division. To ...
- Certification of largest civil rights class OK'd.(HR News)(Wal-Mart Stores Inc....
- Magazine article from: HRMagazine Smith, Allen March 1, 2007 700+ words
...certification of the largest civil rights class action ever against...women who have worked for Wal-Mart and are claiming...the court decided. "Wal-Mart contends that...appeals court stated. Wal-Mart announced that...actions--whether such civil rights classes should be ...
- Caught red-handed? Civil rights group charges Wal-Mart with retail redlining....
- Magazine article from: Black Enterprise Smith, Eric L. May 1, 1996 700+ words
...public exposure--until now, that is. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., a retailer with outlets...superior to those of a nonblack area where Wal-Mart recently constructed a store. According...essentially said thanks but no thanks." Wal-Mart, however, says race plays no part...
- Well-Known Civil Rights Lawyer Joseph M. Sellers to Become Name Partner in...
- Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly December 4, 2008 700+ words
...S. in the area of Civil Rights and Employment Law...He has tried several civil rights class actions to judgment...counsel, in more than 30 civil rights and employment class...included: Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc...
- Powerful Civil Rights Film Now on DVD.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 11, 2008 700+ words
...events in America's civil rights struggle, is now available on DVD at Wal-Mart and other stores...the shelves in every Wal-Mart yet, the retail...hats are off to both Wal-Mart and Indican...campaign to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The project began...
- New Florida Civil-Rights Law Hailed as Breakthrough in Discrimination Fight.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 7, 2003 700+ words
...filing private lawsuits over civil-rights violations, nor does it...Alabama and Mississippi, have civil-rights laws similar to federal civil-rights laws that bar discrimination...such policies, including Wal-Mart, which announced...
- Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights and Labor Leaders Demand Justice for Workers...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 14, 2003 700+ words
...MEMPHIS, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Civil rights activists, union members, church...Hundreds of companies, including Wal-Mart, have already ended their...Treasurer Romney were joined by UNITE Civil Rights Director Clayola Brown, UNITE Southern...
Source: HighBeam Research, Civil rights leader now shilling for Wal-Mart.(Wal-Mart Stores...