An Illinois professor has been suspended from his job and charged with a hate crime after he allegedly spat on and racially attacked a Black female driver in a suburban Chicago grocery store parking lot earlier this month. Antonio Planas of NBC News has reported that Alberto Friedmann, a professor…
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Wage Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against The University of Miami
The University of Miami is facing accusations of wage discrimination by a female professor who said she earned a lower salary than her male counterpart. Professor Louise Davidson-Schmich, in conjunction with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), filed a lawsuit on Monday. In the suit, Davidson-Schmich claimed that although she…
Harvard’s First Black Faculty Deans Removed Over Professor’s Decision to Represent Harvey Weinstein in Sexual Assault Cases
Harvard University announced that Professor Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr. and his lecturer wife, Stephanie Robinson, will not return as faculty deans at the Winthrop House, an undergraduate residential house. Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana sent an email to staff and students on Saturday informing them the two would not return…
Archived: Chuck Stone, Black Journalism Trailblazer and Professor, Dies at 89
By Julissa Catalan Charles Stone, regarded as a trailblazer and one of the most trusted journalists in the Black community, has died. During his 19 years as a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, a total of 75 people turned themselves into authorities after speaking with Stone. All 75 were…