Supporters of Cheyney University Preparing to Sue Pennsylvania for Racial Discrimination
Filed in Breaking News on September 23, 2013
Cheyney University, the historically Black educational institution in Pennsylvania, is preparing to file a lawsuit against the Commonwealth, Governor Tom Corbett, and other agencies of the state government. On this date in 1980, the university filed a lawsuit claiming “unlawful actions against Cheyney University compared to its favorable treatment of the 13 traditionally White state-owned universities.” That suit was settled in 1999.
Now 33 years after the first suit was filed, the university is renewing its legal action. In a statement, attorney Michel Coard said, “The Commonwealth in 2013 continues this racial discrimination, which has caused an all-time great institution to have an all-time low student enrollment and an all-time high budget deficit.”
