8) What is the N.A.A.C.P.'s position on the Adam's Mark?

According to its 19 February 2000 press release, the NAACP has called for its members and other organizations to stop doing business with the Adam's Mark Hotels and Resorts chain, because of allegations of racial discrimination. Kweisi Mfume, president of the NAACP, also criticized the hotel's parent company, HBE, Inc., for refusing to meet with lawyers for the civil rights group or the Florida attorney general to resolve a class action lawsuit against the hotel chain. "That the Adam's Mark is trying to reach a partial settlement with the Justice Department while not talking to other parties to the lawsuit shows a lack of good intentions by Adam's Mark," Mfume said.