Willie M. WALKER, Willie Rhoades and Bobbie P. Lowery, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. the JIM DANDY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee

HILL, Circuit Judge:

Willie Walker, a black man, and Willie Rhoades and Bobbie Lowery, two white women, brought this class action under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., seeking relief from the alleged racially and sexually discriminatory employment practices of the Jim Dandy Company. The district court granted Jim Dandy’s motion for partial summary judgment against Walker, concluding that (1) his § 1981 suit was barred by the statute of limitations and (2) because he had not filed a formal charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission within the statutorily prescribed period, the court did…