Babaui MALONE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTH AMERICAN ROCKWELL CORPORATION, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee

Mrs. Babaui Malone appeals a district court order granting summary judgment dismissing her complaint charging her employer, North American Rockwell Corporation (North American), with job discrimination in violation of Title VII, the equal employment provisions, of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. We reverse and remand.

Mrs. Malone, a black, has been employed by North American since 1942. She has unsuccessfully sought promotion from her present classification of aircraft assembler to that of aircraft structure mechanic. In early 1967, 1 North American promoted two Caucasian…