NAACP Announces Recent Developments in Adam's Mark Case
To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor
Contact: NAACP Office of Communications, 410-486-9227
News Advisory:
WHO:
-- Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO NAACP;
-- Dennis Hayes, General Counsel NAACP;
-- John Relman of Relman and Associates.
WHAT:
News conference
WHEN:
Monday, Dec. 3, 2001 at noon.
WHERE:
NAACP National Headquarters Building, 4805 Mt. Hope Drive,
Baltimore, Md. 21215
WHY:
To announce recent developments in the case of Gilliam v. HBE
Corporation parent company of Adam's Mark Hotels and the NAACP
boycott of Adam's Mark Hotels.
Founded in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest and largest civil
rights organization. Its half-million adult and youth members
throughout the United States and the world are the premier
advocates for civil rights in their communities and monitor equal
opportunity in the public and private sectors.
KEYWORDS:
ADVISORY, CIVIL RIGHTS, MARYLAND
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The Adam's Mark resort in Daytona Beach, Fla., will pay more than $2 million to settle allegations that it discriminated against African-American guests during Black College Reunion (BCR) 1999, bringing an end to a boycott launched by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
"I think it is an excellent outcome," said John Relman, a Washington, D.C. attorney who represents the seven original plaintiffs in the case. "As far as I'm aware, it is the largest monetary settlement achieved involving a hotel chain for public accommodations discrimination."
Still, the settlement reached announced Monday is far less than the sum the hotel chain agreed to in a 2000 settlement that eventually was rejected by a federal judge. The original agreement required Adam's Mark to spend $8 million to address allegations of discrimination at the Florida resort.