11.   Polls show most Americans believe less qualified blacks get hired or promoted over whites, though few seem to know whites who are victims of reverse discrimination.

12.   The businesses also agreed to hire blacks as clerks and salesmen.

13.   The federal government, though, was under executive order to integrate, and local federal institutions hired blacks much more readily than private employers.

14.   The Mercer Island Police Department has recently hired a black and a Hispanic officer, Deveny said.

15.   When Cobb decided to attend law school at the University of Pennsylvania, an uncle warned that corporate law firms would not hire blacks.

16.   He also pushed for more black teachers and principals in Detroit schools, and for stores and other businesses to hire more blacks.

17.   He also accused Iscor of running the mine poorly and failing to hire blacks in management.

18.   The state had already legalized interracial marriages, and blacks had been hired for city jobs.

19.   There is a push to force companies to hire blacks at the expense of whites.

20.   In a federal lawsuit, they charge that black workers are over-represented in subordinate positions, and that Disney has failed to hire enough blacks for positions of responsibility.