Earl S. Richardson envisioned a plan that would have allowed both his predominantly Black Morgan State University in Baltimore and largely White Towson University 15 miles away to jointly offer […]
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HBCU ‘Equality’ Lawsuit: The State’s Astounding Expert
In an unusual and confounding move, attorneys for Maryland relied on an expert witness who acknowledged that he never visited the four Black institutions before concluding that they had received […]
HBCU ‘Equality’ Lawsuit – Dr. Earl Richardson Testifies about Impact of ‘Duplication’ on Morgan
Morgan State University has been unable to fully execute its mission because of poor financial support from the state of Maryland, its retired president has testified. “We have never […]
HBCU ‘Equality’ LawsuitThe Partnership Agreement to Support HBCU’sThe Alleged Breach
As the plaintiffs continued its case in a trial of a $2.1 billion lawsuit to bring parity to Maryland’s four historically Black colleges and universities, a former chairman of the […]
HBCU ‘Equality’ Lawsuit Tuesday, Jan. 10
Maryland still operates a segregated higher education system – and those students attending the state’s four historically Black colleges and universities are not receiving as qualitative an education as if […]
HBCU ‘Equality’ Lawsuit — Trial-Day 1
David Wilson took a light-hearted turn, Tuesday, in explaining how Morgan State University would finance $15 million in equipment for its Benjamin Banneker Communications Center. “This is almost comical, but […]
HBCU ‘Equality’ Lawsuit – Timeline
Education desegregation has had a tumultuous history in Maryland. Another effort begins Jan. 3, when a lawsuit filed by the Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education against […]
The Rocky Road Following Brown vs Board of Education
While the Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education Inc. sued the Maryland Higher Education Commission in 2006, the lawsuit – which goes to trial Jan. 3 in […]
HBCU ‘Equality’ Lawsuit
The road has been an arduous one, but a lawsuit filed more than five years ago seeking $2.1 billion to remedy what it contends are disparities between Maryland’s historically Black […]
The Battle to Correct the Historical Inequities Against Maryland’s Black Colleges
The road has been an arduous one, but a lawsuit filed more than five years ago seeking $2.1 billion to remedy what it contends are disparities between Maryland’s historically Black […]
Maryland’s Ugly Segregated Past Must Be Shown
Among the rulings U.S. District Court Judge Catherine C. Blake made during Tuesday’s pre-trial hearing were that historical reports from as far back as 1937 could be admitted into evidence […]