DOJ Sues Mississippi Senate for Alleged Discrimination Against Black Staff Attorney

Published on November 9, 2024

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the Mississippi state Senate on Friday for allegedly discriminating against a former Black attorney by paying her about half the salary of her white colleagues. The DOJ accused the Senate of violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits racial discrimination in compensation, due to its alleged discrimination against attorney Kristie Metcalfe. Metcalfe became the Senate’s first black attorney in 34 years when she was hired in 2011. She resigned in 2019 after her request for equal pay with her white colleague was denied, according to the lawsuit. “Discriminatory employment practices, like paying a black employee less than their white colleagues for the same work, are not only unfair, they are unlawful,” assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division said in a press release....

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