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Post by DOOMS on May 5, 2022 9:13:41 GMT -5
So hows about a class action lawsuit with all the state hbcus as one body?
Does anybody know if anything is actually being done by any of the affected schools right now?
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Post by Maxell on May 5, 2022 16:11:15 GMT -5
Chancellor Martin recommended this book to the Board of Trustees at the board's November 2021 meeting. America’s colleges and universities have a shameful secret: they have never given Black people a fair chance to succeed. From its inception, our higher education system was not built on equality or accessibility, but on educating—and prioritizing—white students. Black students have always been an afterthought. While governments and private donors funnel money into majority white schools, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and other institutions that have high enrollments of Black students, are struggling to survive, with state legislatures siphoning away federal funds that are legally owed to these schools. In The State Must Provide, Adam Harris reckons with the history of a higher education system that has systematically excluded Black people from its benefits. Harris weaves through the legal, social, and political obstacles erected to block equitable education in the United States, studying the Black Americans who fought their way to an education, pivotal Supreme Court cases like Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education, and the government’s role in creating and upholding a segregated education system. He explores the role that Civil War–era legislation intended to bring agricultural education to the masses had in creating the HBCUs that have played such a major part in educating Black students when other state and private institutions refused to accept them.
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Post by AggiePride on Sept 23, 2022 4:57:42 GMT -5
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Post by Freeze on Sept 23, 2022 9:55:43 GMT -5
Chancellor Martin recommended this book to the Board of Trustees at the board's November 2021 meeting. America’s colleges and universities have a shameful secret: they have never given Black people a fair chance to succeed. From its inception, our higher education system was not built on equality or accessibility, but on educating—and prioritizing—white students. Black students have always been an afterthought. While governments and private donors funnel money into majority white schools, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and other institutions that have high enrollments of Black students, are struggling to survive, with state legislatures siphoning away federal funds that are legally owed to these schools. In The State Must Provide, Adam Harris reckons with the history of a higher education system that has systematically excluded Black people from its benefits. Harris weaves through the legal, social, and political obstacles erected to block equitable education in the United States, studying the Black Americans who fought their way to an education, pivotal Supreme Court cases like Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education, and the government’s role in creating and upholding a segregated education system. He explores the role that Civil War–era legislation intended to bring agricultural education to the masses had in creating the HBCUs that have played such a major part in educating Black students when other state and private institutions refused to accept them. In case you all were not aware....The State Must Provide was selected as A&T's community in text book for the entire campus this year. Somebody in administration knows what time it is....pay us what you owe us: www.ncat.edu/news/2022/08/text-in-community-harris-the-state-must-provide.php
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Post by Maxell on Sept 23, 2022 10:32:06 GMT -5
It has to be students or alumni that file the lawsuit. The school itself can not be a party. The FAMU students have it right, BUT they ARE in Florida. The only problem with current students filing is it's difficult for them to prove or justify damages. Our alumni association should be watching this closely along with some sharp attorneys. I'm glad that the students had the courage to do something. A&T has had the largest disparity in the nation over the last 35 years.
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