WATCH - Historic Signing of $577 Million Settlement Ending Maryland HBCU Discrimination Lawsuit
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Lawmakers and institutional leaders from Maryland’s four historically Black colleges and universities ended 15 years of litigation and tense negotiations with the signing of a bill granting $577 million over ten years to the HBCUs. The funding is a remedy to resolve decades of illegal program duplication that a federal judge ruled in 2013 had created a racially separate system of higher education for Black and white students in the state.
WATCH - Historic Signing of $577 Million Settlement Ending Maryland HBCU Discrimination Lawsuit
WATCH - Historic Signing of $577 Million…
WATCH - Historic Signing of $577 Million Settlement Ending Maryland HBCU Discrimination Lawsuit
Lawmakers and institutional leaders from Maryland’s four historically Black colleges and universities ended 15 years of litigation and tense negotiations with the signing of a bill granting $577 million over ten years to the HBCUs. The funding is a remedy to resolve decades of illegal program duplication that a federal judge ruled in 2013 had created a racially separate system of higher education for Black and white students in the state.