Atlanta-Based Fearless Fund Ends Black-Only Entrepreneurial Grant Contest After Settling Civil Rights Lawsuit
"Race-exclusive programs like the one the Fearless Fund promoted are divisive and illegal," the American Alliance for Equal Rights stated. "Opening grant programs to all applicants, regardless of their race, is enshrined in our nation's civil rights laws and supported by significant majorities of all Americans."
September 12, 2024 at 10:37 AM
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NGO and Non-ProfitAn Atlanta-based nonprofit organization has agreed to end its entrepreneurial grant program open only to Black female business owners as part of a settlement with an activist group, closing an over yearlong litigation accusing the nonprofit of discrimination on the basis of race.
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