Brinson V. Williams Sexual Harassment Case

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In September 1972, Equal Employment opportunity (EEO) complaint filed with Justice Department, Williams described that numerous incidents of harassment: Brinson and an assistant director told Williams that she did not wear her dresses short enough. Brinson told Williams she would like to put his arms around her. Williams refused his requests. Brinson then begins to criticize her work then firing her for poor performance. She then lost her EEO Complaint on appeal. Williams filed a title VII suit in federal court in 1974. In 1976, a federal judge ruled that her sexual harassment case was a race discrimination.(Baker, page 13). During the trial of this case, her mother was questioned about her daughter's personal life and tried to make William

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