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Minority Students May Be Star Witnesses in U-Michigan Affirmative Action Lawsuit

Minority Students May Be Star Witnesses in U-Michigan Affirmative Action LawsuitLandmark case could turn on their campus experiencesBy Erik LordsDETROITThe 17 Black and Hispanic students who last year won the right to intervene in an affirmative action lawsuit against the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor soon could be star witnesses in the controversial case, […]

December 6, 2000

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Orlando Judge Throws Out Suit Against Adam’s Mark Hotel

Orlando Judge Throws Out Suit Against Adam’s Mark HotelORLANDO, Fla.A federal judge has thrown out an $8 million settlement between the Adam’s Mark hotel chain and five Black guests who say they were discriminated against at the Black College Reunion in Daytona Beach, Fla., in 1998.The settlement was reached in March with the cooperation of […]

November 8, 2000

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Black Women Sue Eastern Michigan University Over Sexual Harassment

Black Women Sue Eastern Michigan University Over Sexual HarassmentDETROIT Six female students at Eastern Michigan University filed a lawsuit last month in U.S. District Court against the university’s board of control, alleging sexual discrimination, sexual harassment and racial discrimination.The women, all Black, say they are satisfied with the university’s suspension of two male students who […]

October 25, 2000

Sports

Fired Women’s Basketball Coach Files $105 Million Suit Against Howard University

Fired Women’s Basketball Coach Files $105 Million Suit Against Howard UniversitySanya Tyler’s lawyer claims the firing was retaliation for an earlier suit she won against the schoolWashingtonFormer Howard University women’s basketball coach Sanya Tyler has sued the university and three officials for $105 million in damages after being fired last month. Her attorney alleges the […]

October 11, 2000

Students

Valedictorians Suing State of Arkansas

Valedictorians Suing State of ArkansasOnly Four Blacks Among 808 Scholarship RecipientsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. Two high school valedictorians claim in a federal lawsuit that the state of Arkansas is practicing racial discrimination in the way it chooses elite students for scholarships. The lawsuit says only four Black students are among the 808 recipients since 1997 under […]

September 27, 2000

Students

UGA Sorority Suspended During Discrimination Investigation

UGA Sorority Suspended During Discrimination InvestigationATHENS, Ga.University of Georgia officials have temporarily suspended a sorority while they investigate claims that an African American student was denied membership because of her race. University officials say a member of Alpha Gamma Delta filed a complaint against the sorority, which led officials to conduct a preliminary investigation.“Discrimination is […]

September 27, 2000

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Adam’s Mark Files Suit Against Historians’ Group for Boycotting Hotel

Adam’s Mark Files Suit Against Historians’ Group for Boycotting HotelBy Hilary Hurd BLOOMINGTON, Ind.  The Adam’s Mark hotel chain is suing the Organization of American Historians for pulling its annual meeting from their St. Louis hotel when it learned the hotel had been charged with racial discrimination. The hotel chain is claiming it lost business […]

September 13, 2000

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Fired Barber-Scotia Professor Wins Discrimination Lawsuit

Fired Barber-Scotia Professor Wins Discrimination Lawsuit CONCORD, N.C. Barber-Scotia College, a historically Black institution, fired a professor because he is White, a Cabarrus County civil jury has ruled. The jury deliberated for 2-1/2 hours before returning its verdict for David Miller, a former professor of sociology and criminal justice. “The jury has sent a message […]

September 13, 2000

Community Colleges

Students Sue Over Campus Relocation Effort

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Students at Hartford’s Capital Community College here have filed a federal racial discrimination lawsuit in an attempt to block the college’s move to a former downtown department store. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in New Haven, claims that moving the college from its current campus to the former G. Fox […]

September 13, 2000

African-American

N.Y. Judge Dismisses Students’ Discrimination Suit

N.Y. Judge Dismisses Students’ Discrimination Suit SYRACUSE, N.Y.A federal appeals court has dismissed discrimination charges in a lawsuit brought by 32 Black students at the State University of New York at Oneonta, who alleged that state police singled them out as suspects in an attempted rape investigation because of their race. The 2nd U.S. Circuit […]

August 30, 2000

Students

Oregon Student Files Reverse-Discrimination Case Against Community College

Oregon Student Files Reverse-Discrimination Case Against Community CollegeA Portland Community College student here has filed a reverse-discrimination complaint alleging she is being denied free tuition because she is White. Adrienne Williams, 29, claims a teacher development program violates the college’s nondiscrimination policies because it is open only to minorities. She sent her complaint to the […]

August 16, 2000

Leadership & Policy

BI New Briefs

BI New BriefsCalifornia Professor Launches Hunger Strike Over Tenure DecisionPOMONA, Calif. — A professor at Pomona College who says he was denied tenure because of race discrimination went on a hunger strike last month, hoping the attention would pressure the school to reopen the case. Dr. Stanley O. Gaines Jr. worked as an assistant professor […]

August 2, 2000