of her resignation be placed on the agenda of the next policy council meeting. Tinsley denied the request without even consulting the other members of the policy council. Finally, the board appointed Virginia Robinson, a black person, to serve as temporary director of the Head Start Program.
For the remainder of 1983 and for the early part of 1984, the HHS regional office in Atlanta, while maintaining its position that the board acted without legal authority, attempted to help the agency and its officials resolve their problems. Finally, in February 1984, the regional office directed the agency to initiate the process for filling the Head Start director position. The board complied, and both Robinson and Carter were among the applicants. Robinson was selected. Carter was rejected principally because theboard felt it was not in the best interest of the agency to rehire her in view of White's past conflict with her.
As a result of the above events, White's termination of Carter's employment after she withdrew her resignation became the act of the agency.
Later, in 1985, White resigned as executive director for another job.

II.
As previously stated, Carter rests her claim of race discrimination on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 2000e through 2000e-17.

A.
Carter has exhausted the administrative remedies required by Title VII. 42 U.S. C.A. § 2000e-5. In August and October 1983, she filed timely administrative charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming that White and the agency terminated her employment because of her race. She alleged that