Court Says Atlanta Firm’s Grant Program, Exclusively for Black Women Entrepreneurs, Violates Civil Rights Law

The case is part of a trio of lawsuits filed by the American Alliance for Equal Rights targeting diversity programs in corporate America.

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Edward Blum at Washington in 2014. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

A federal appeals court has shot down a venture firm’s grant contest for Black-woman-owned businesses as discriminatory on the basis of race, yielding a win for litigant Edward Blum, who brought the case on behalf of his organization, the American Alliance for Equal Rights.

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