Lawsuit alleges that program providing business grants to Black women violates federal civil rights law


Representatives of Atlanta investment firm Fearless Fund spoke publicly for the first time Thursday about a racial discrimination lawsuit filed in federal court last week.

“We are not scared. We are fearless,” said Arian Simone, president and co-founder of Fearless Fund, during a Thursday press conference in New York City.

The American Alliance of Equal Rights (AAER) filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, alleging that a Fearless Fund program providing…

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