A trial began Tuesday in Baltimore to settle a federal lawsuit that alleges Maryland’s historically black colleges receive too little funding and institutional support to fully overcome past generations of state-sponsored discrimination.
The case hinges partly on whether Maryland spends enough money on its historically black public institutions to correct decades of disparity, a point the [...]
Representatives of the Fannie Lou Hamer Foundation Political Action Committee said yesterday they hope to challenge the state’s new congressional districts in the U.S. Supreme Court.
On Friday, a three-judge panel ruled against nine African-American plaintiffs backed by the Hamer Foundation and financed by the conservative Legacy Foundation. The judges upheld the maps despite saying that [...]
As a three-judge panel heard arguments about whether Maryland’s redistricting map dilutes the African-American vote, one of those judges said Tuesday he doesn’t believe a case has been made to require a third black-majority congressional district.
Still, the judges noted that some changes in the map might be necessary after further review, and they asked an [...]
Incumbent Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has defeated five challengers in Baltimore’s Democratic primary for mayor, a post she assumed last year after her predecessor stepped down amid scandal.
Rawlings-Blake’s win on Tuesday makes her the heavy favorite in the Nov. 8 general election, which is seen as a formality in a city where Republicans make up about 10 [...]
Baltimore Sun
- Maryland’s four historically black colleges and universities are more segregated today than in decades past because of discriminatory practices and policies maintained by the state’s Higher Education Commission, lawyers told a federal court judge Wednesday.
“The result is [that the four colleges] fall farther and farther behind,” said John Greenbaum, a civil rights attorney [...]
