HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- A former employee at Wyle Corp's CAS Inc. in Huntsville alleges in a federal lawsuit that he was subject to multiple instances of racist taunting including being called the n-word by supervisors and having a noose placed near his desk.

He was also urged to learn key dates in Confederate history and says a picture of a lynched black man was left on his car windshield.

Willie Frank Tuck, a Madison County resident, argues in the July lawsuit that he was fired because of his race and in retaliation for his complaints about discrimination and other issues.

The defense contracting company declined comment on the lawsuit through its public relations firm DPR Group Inc. In a court filing arguing the case should be handled through arbitration, Wyle said Tuck worked as a "logistics warehouse technician" for Huntsville-based CAS Inc.

CAS "provides services throughout" the Department of Defense, the company says in a court filing, including a "full range of weapons system support and analysis." CAS's headquarters are in Huntsville with offices in five other states, Colorado, Texas, Virginia, Nebraska and Oklahoma, according to its court filing.

The lawsuit says Tuck joined the company in October 2011 and was terminated in January 2014. When he began, the lawsuit claims, Tuck was one of two African American employees and there were about 50 white employees.

From the start of his employment until his termination Tuck was subjected to "racially motivated comments, racially motivated actions, racially motivated sexual comments, racially motivated hostile working environment ..." and racially motivated and retaliatory termination from his job, the lawsuit contends.

The lawsuit alleges a number of specific issues of racially motivated conduct and alleges that Tuck told supervisors and management personnel about each incident listed below, but nothing changed.

The alleged incidents included:

-Tuck was called the n-word by supervisory personnel and others;

-An employee of the defendant hung a "noose" at or near Tuck's work station;

-Certain employees of the defendant posted photos of Ku Klux Klan members at or near Tuck's work station;

- A photograph of a lifeless African American with a noose around his neck was placed on the windshield of Tuck's car;

- Employees commented to Tuck that Martin Luther King was "nothing more than a troublemaker;"

- During the Barack Obama presidential campaign certain employees put toilet paper with images of Obama superimposed on the toilet paper in employee bathrooms Tuck was required to use;

- Numerous employees used the n-word in reference to Obama in Tuck's presence;

- Numerous employees made racially motivated jokes or comments in Tuck's presence;

- Certain employees made sexually explicit and racial comments about Tuck's wife;

- Certain employees told Tuck it was imperative for him to learn key dates concerning the Confederacy and his supervisors hung photos/images at or near Tuck's work station;

- Certain employees threatened him with bodily harm;

- An employee reminded Tuck daily of the "greatness" of Confederate soldiers and Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, the KKK's first grand wizard.

The lawsuit says that upon reporting the listed events to supervisors and management personnel Tuck was subject to "write-ups" and told he would have to attend anger management classes.

Tuck's suit also claims he notified the company's safety office about employees violating OSHA work safety standards, but the claims were dismissed and he was subject to a more racially hostile work environment.

The lawsuit alleges Tuck became aware of some company employees "stealing government property and selling that property at salvage yards and/or over the Internet." Tuck's suit claims he reported the activity, but the reports were dismissed and no action was taken against the employees.

The lawsuit also claims Tuck's civil rights were violated, and he alleges retaliation, negligence and wantonness by the defendant. The suit claims he was made to suffer extreme emotional distress, lost wages and a tarnished employment record.

The lawsuit seeks a jury trial and asks for unspecified damages and lost wages, a declaratory judgment from the court that Tuck's rights were violated and injunction barring future civil rights violations.

A federal magistrate has ordered the plaintiffs to respond by this week to CAS's request that the case be turned over to an arbitrator.