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Missouri sued over alleged decades of underfunding at historically Black university

Seven current and former students at Lincoln University of Missouri sued the state on Wednesday, alleging it violated ‌the US Constitution and federal civil rights law by systematically underfunding the historically Black university for decades.

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Read for yourself: Students' lawsuit seeks $549 million for Lincoln UniversityLincoln University students are suing Missouri, alleging in a new federal lawsuit that the state has shortchanged the university's funding for decades. Read the suit for yourself.

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Lincoln University students, alumni sue state over higher education fundingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A group of Lincoln University students and alumni want a federal judge to fix what they claim is decades of underfunding from the state. Seven people, represented by Calloway Law and the 1890 Project, filed the federal lawsuit against Governor Mike Kehoe, the state's higher education departments, and UM System President

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