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HBCUs are Underfunded A Legal Effort Starting In Missouri Seeks to Fix it
The 1890 Project takes aim at funding disparities at land-grant HBCUs, beginning with a lawsuit alleging Missouri shortchanged Lincoln University by $361 million.
An effort to address decades of underfunding at some historically Black colleges and universities kicked off Wednesday with a lawsuit against the state of Missouri.…
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