Lawyers’ Committee Applauds Landmark Guidance, Releases Case Study
New federal guidance documents provide roadmap to opportunity and educational excellence through racial diversity. Read More »
- Jan 09 HBCU Lawsuit: A Troubled Legacy "Our view: Maryland's historically black colleges and universities were underfunded during the era of segregation; now the state must find a way to empower them to compete effectively with their traditionally white peers."
- Jan 09 Reporting on the Maryland Historically Black Colleges and Universities Case and Trial The Lawyers' Committee and pro bono partners are currently in court fighting to dismantle remaining vestiges of de jure segregation in the Maryland higher education system and seeking equality for Maryland's HBCUs. Links to all recent articles written about The Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education v. Maryland Higher Education Commission are available here.
- Jan 03 Maryland Higher Education Desegregation Trial Begins As we prepare to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January, we should reflect upon some of the subtle inequalities that still exist in our country today. Very close to our nation’s capital, a federal court will hear a lawsuit that questions whether the State of Maryland has satisfied its legal obligation to dismantle vestiges of its former segregated higher education system from the state’s historically black public universities. Nearly 58 years after the decision in Brown vs. Board of Education, this is the issue at the heart of a five- year-old case (The Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education v. Maryland Higher Education Commission) in Maryland’s U.S. District Court – the first of its kind in the state and the first of its kind in the nation to go to trial in some 16 years.
