▁ ▁W ach ov ia ▁Bank ▁P icket ing ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁Sim kins ▁helped ▁start ▁a ▁movement ▁in ▁Gre ens bor o ▁to ▁gain ▁African - Amer icans ▁" cons ider ation ▁for ▁non - trad itional ▁jobs ▁on ▁basis ▁of ▁ability ▁and ▁for ▁on - the - job ▁training " ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁" aff ord ▁equal ▁employ ment ▁opportunity " ▁by ▁organ izing ▁pick eting ▁of ▁W ach ov ia ▁Bank ▁for ▁job ▁disc rim ination . ▁W ach ov ia ▁maintained ▁that ▁it ▁" h ired ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁mer it ", ▁yet ▁employed ▁no ▁African - Amer icans ▁in ▁any ▁of ▁their ▁Gre ens bor o ▁offices . ▁P icket ing ▁began ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁and ▁ended ▁just ▁forty - e ight ▁hours ▁later ▁with ▁the ▁h iring ▁of ▁two ▁African - American ▁tell ers . ▁In ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁W ach ov ia , ▁George ▁noted ▁that ▁W ach ov ia ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁" find ▁the ▁qualified ▁Neg ros ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁unable ▁to ▁locate ▁during ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁years " ▁when ▁he ▁had ▁first ▁bro ached ▁the ▁topic ▁W ach ov ia ' s ▁disc rimin atory ▁practices ▁as ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Gre ens bor o ▁NA AC P . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : 1 9 2 4 ▁birth s ▁Category : 2 0 0 1 ▁death s ▁Category : American ▁dent ists ▁Category : A