32. The Company Faced Multiple Discrimination Lawsuits
In 1969, a real estate development in Cincinnati, Ohio that Fred was hoping to revitalize faced a lawsuit for discriminating against African-Americans; Fred settled out of court. In 1973, Fred had another lawsuit, this one from the Justice Department, for systematically discriminating against African Americans who wished to rent his properties. The ensuing legal battle involved forceful counterattacks to every accusation, a method that Donald later adopted as part of his own style.