 On August 24 , 2004 , four senior current and former employees of the Parks Department , Becky Kelley ( former Parks Department Director ) , Michael Bryant ( a Deputy Director of Revenue Management and Support ) , John Drake ( an Assistant Director ) , and Herbert Lowe ( former Deputy Director of Strategic Management and Development ) , filed suit against DeKalb County , Vernon Jones ( as CEO of the county ) and three of Jones ' subordinates ( Marilyn Boyd Drew , Richard Stogner , and Morris Williams ) alleging either racial discrimination , or in the case of Lowe , retaliation for refusing to assist in racial discrimination . Kelly , Bryant , and Drake were white ; Lowe was African @-@ American . 
