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Long Beach Probed Alongside 27 Cities for Minority Hiring
The FEPC and a coalition of civil rights groups filed a complaint charging 28 California cities, including Long Beach, with discriminatory hiring in police and fire departments. The suit cites blacks and Spanish surnamed residents as underrepresented despite making up sizable city populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
State Fair Employment Practice Commissa
Califor
Longach
San Francisco
Nationale Association For the Advancement of Colored People
League of United Latin-American Givens
American GI Worm
Mexican- American Political Association
Anatheim
Los Angeles
Torrance
Huntington Beach
Garden Grove
Norwalk
FEPC
Long Beach Fire Department