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Fired Univ. of Louisiana Coach Wins $2 million Judgment in Discrimination case

LAFAYETTE La. The first black head football coach at any major Louisiana university has won a $2 million judgment in a law-suit claiming that the University of Louisiana at Lafayette fired him because of his race, not because his teams lost 80 percent of their games.

October 23, 2007

University of Kentucky Trying to Defend Image After Racially Charged Cartoon, Death Threat

LEXINGTON Ky. A Southern university is trying to defend its image after the student newspaper published a cartoon of a black man being sold at auction and a racist death threat was scribbled on the door of a black student leader’s dorm room.

October 21, 2007

Anti-affirmative Action Activist Ward Connerly Comes to Missouri

COLUMBIA Mo. Having conquered California a decade ago and Michigan last year, affirmative action critic Ward Connerly now has his sights set on the Show-Me State.

October 21, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Lawsuit Against Oral Roberts University Revised to Include New Allegations

TULSA Okla. A lawsuit against Oral Roberts University, filed by three former ORU professors, has been revised to include an internal report that details allegations against university President Richard Roberts and his wife, Lindsay.

October 14, 2007

On Equality, Obama Tells HBCU Students: “We Have More Work To Do”

WASHINGTON Presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama told members of the Howard University community Friday that if elected he would work to restore justice and equality in the country and confidence that America’s judicial system works for everyone.

September 29, 2007

Contractor Sued Over Alleged Harassment of Hispanic Workers

PETALUMA, Calif. A construction contractor was sued based on allegations that a supervisor referred to workers as “stupid Mexicans” and said “Latinos are the slaves of the twenty-first century,” according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

September 29, 2007

Federal lawsuit filed in New York challenging immigration raids on homes as unconstitutional

NEW YORK Immigration authorities violated Hispanic families’ civil rights by raiding their homes without court warrants, sometimes bursting in before dawn to look for people who didn’t live there, according to a federal lawsuit.

September 22, 2007

Lawsuit: UW anesthesiologist faked credentials

SEATTLE A federal lawsuit alleges that a University of Washington anesthesiologist faked his credentials.

September 22, 2007

OSU files response to motorist’s lawsuit against Sutton

STILLWATER Okla. Oklahoma State University has filed a response to a lawsuit by a Perry woman who was injured in a traffic collision last year with former basketball coach Eddie Sutton.

September 20, 2007

Protesters Stand Up For Jena 6 and More

Scholars say the cases of the Jena Six, Genarlow Wilson and the Black West Virginia woman who was raped and tortured by White abductors are indicative of a larger problem. In fact, many of the marchers who plan to peacefully protest in Jena today have a sense that there is something much greater at stake — overcoming a legacy of racism and unequal justice, not only in Louisiana, but across the country.

September 19, 2007

Harvard student, new mom, denied extra time for breastfeeding during medical licensing exam

BOSTON A judge rejected a Harvard student’s request Wednesday for extra break time during her nine-hour medical licensing exam so she could pump breast milk for her infant daughter.

September 18, 2007

How India’s affirmative action law is joining Christians and Muslims

MEDIPALLY, India Every Sunday, women and children gather to pray in a tiny, white-washed church on the edge of this southern Indian village, sitting cross-legged on blue plastic sheets as they sing Christian hymns.

September 18, 2007

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