Historically Black University Lawsuit Alleges Missouri Funding FAIL

The New York Times offers the most concise summary of this legal battle in action . . . 

"A group of current and former students at a historically Black university sued Missouri for nearly $549 million on Wednesday, arguing that the state spent decades illegally underfunding their school."

And here's what strikes us as interesting . . .

This legal fight could bring us back to legal issues of that challenged the Reconstruction era after the Civil War. 

Check background and more reporting . . .  

"Lincoln University students and alumni filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state of Missouri on Wednesday, alleging decades of unequal funding between it and the University of Missouri.

"The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri and is the first case brought by the 1890 Project challenging a state failing to appropriately fund an 1890 land-grant university, according to the plaintiffs' lawyers.

"These institutions are historically Black universities established in 1890, and they were provided funding for programs to strengthen research, extension, and teaching, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Lincoln University students and alumni sue Missouri, alleging unequal funding

Lincoln University students and alumni spoke on a federal lawsuit they filed against Missouri at the Capitol Rotunda at 11 a.m. Wednesday.