or federal law.
On April 27, the policy council held a regularly scheduled meeting. The chairperson of the council was Gloria Tinsley, a black person. Shortly after the close of the meeting, after Carter and the white members had left, Tinsley and some other black members of the council held another, unannounced meeting where they signed a letter accepting Carter's resignation. The name of one of the white members who had attended the first meeting was forged to the letter.
On April 28, the board of director's Executive Head Start Finance Committee met and voted to recommend to the board that it accept Carter's withdrawal of her resignation on her conditions. White was not present at this committee meeting. Although he was a member of the committee, he had notbeen consulted prior to the meeting, nor had he been given notice of the meeting.
Immediately following the meeting of the Executive Head Start Finance Committee, the board of directors held one of its regularly scheduled meetings. As people assembled, Carter handed White her letter withdrawing her resignation with conditions. At the board meeting, White complained that the board was without authority to allow Carter to withdraw her resignation. The board voted eleven to zero, with seven abstentions, to allow Carter to withdraw her resignation on her stated conditions. The vote was for the most part along racial lines, with ten white persons and one black person voting to allow Carter to withdraw her resignation and six black persons and one white person abstaining.
In the days following the board