Indy Week - "The City of Raleigh Will Settle a Lawsuit This Week That Alleges Discrimination Against a Black Division Chief"

News Story Featuring Our Raleigh Discrimination Lawyers

Our team of Raleigh employment and discrimination lawyers in Raleigh, NC was featured in an article by Leigh Tauss in Indy Week on June 23, 2021. The news story highlights team’s efforts to protect a local hero and fire chief who we contended was the victim of discrimination within the Raleigh Fire Department.

From the article:

“The City of Raleigh hired its first Black firefighter in 1963. He served for three years before resigning. The second Black firefighter, Welton Jones, rose through the ranks to lieutenant before his retirement in 1988. 

Kevin Coppage was only the third African American ever promoted to the rank of division chief in Raleigh. Last week, he resigned. A lawsuit he filed against the city in 2020 alleging he’d been denied promotions due to his race should be settled this week. 

Raleigh has long lagged behind in hiring minorities in the fire department. As of 2019, just 15 percent of the firefighters in Raleigh were Black despite the fact that the city is 30 percent African American.”

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