‘He Was Put Through the Wringer’: Boston Jury Awards Black Teacher $1.7M In Lawsuit Where He Claims He Was Retaliated Against for Complaining About Discrimination
Charles Sherman Neal, a former teacher at Boston Community Leadership Academy, was awarded $1.7 million on Dec. 7 by a Suffolk County jury that found that Boston schools retaliated against the Black male teacher for putting in numerous discrimination complaints. However, the jury disagreed with his claims of discrimination. In a lawsuit filed by his…