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WOODS v. CITY OF GREENSBORO

No. 16-1044.

855 F.3d 639 (2017)

Michael WOODS; Ramona Woods; BNT Ad Agency, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF GREENSBORO, a municipality; Nancy Vaughan, in her official capacity; Zack Matheny, in his official capacity; Marikay Abuzuaiter, in her official capacity; T. Diane Bellamy-Small, in her official capacity; Tony Wilkins, in his official capacity; Nancy Hoffman, in her official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 5, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mark Lowell Hayes , LAW OFFICE OF MARK L. HAYES, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellants. Patrick Michael Kane , SMITH MOORE LEATHERWOOD LLP, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Bruce P. Ashley , SMITH MOORE LEATHERWOOD LLP, Greensboro, North Carolina; John Roseboro , GREENSBORO CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Senior Judge Davis wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory joined. Judge Wilkinson wrote a dissenting opinion.

Racial stigmas and stereotypes are not impairing unless we internalize them. And there is no reason for us to do that when we know that the history of black culture in America is rich and reaffirming. We may live in a society that will only grudgingly and inconsistently acknowledge our equality, but that does not mean...

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