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https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/1296377/12381147-hr-stories-presents-employment-testing-and-discrimination-griggs-vs-duke-power-supreme-court-ruling.mp3In our ongoing series – Supreme Court Cases that Changed HR, we explore the Griggs v. Duke Power case, a lawsuit that involved intelligence testing that discriminated against a group of African-American employees. Willie Griggs was a Janitor that wanted an opportunity for promotion, yet the policies at his workplace prevented him from moving forward, despite the recent Civil Rights Act of 1964. So he and 13 other employees took matters to the courts. Eventually the Supreme Court made a