her race.
Based on the evidence presented at a nonjury trial, the court finds that her claim has merit and that she is thus entitled to appropriate relief.

I.
The Community Action Agency of Chambers, Tallapoosa and Coosa Counties, Inc. is a federally regulated but locally operated agency created to combat poverty in the agency's three-county area of operation in the State of Alabama. 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 9801-9822 (1983). The agency's work force and the recipients of its services are mostly black. A board of directors, composed of approximately one-half white and one-half black members, has general legal and fiscal responsibility for the operation of the agency. An executive director is entrusted with the agency's day-to-day operation.
One of the agency's largest and most important programs is the Head Start Program, whichas director of the Head Start Program. In December of the same year, the agency hired Harold C. White as executive director. White was the agency's first black executive director.
From the beginning of his employment, White had difficulties with members of the agency's board of directors, primarily its white members. These members charged White with mismanagement, misuse of funds, and with discriminating against white employees. White countered that these board members were discriminating against him by subjecting him to unwarranted charges and to closer scrutiny than the previous white executive director.
Carter, in turn, had difficulties with White. For example, White excluded Carter from many decisions involving the Head Start Program. Carter would make recommendations about such matters as the Head Start budget and teacher training. White would not