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A federal judge this week rejected a number of the University of Rhode Island’s (URI) attempts to dismiss claims by a former black professor that he had been fired due to racism at the university. ....
A second former University of Rhode Island employee has filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging racism — and civil rights violations — at the university. ....
Published July 08. 2021 11:22PM SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) A former University of Rhode Island professor has sued the school, alleging he was fired as retaliation for challenging the lack of diversity in the school’s leadership and encouraging students to speak out against systemic racism. The federal suit filed by former political science professor Louis Kwame Fosu names the school, the board of trustees, outgoing President David Dooley and several other administrators as defendants, The Providence Journal reported Thursday. The university violated Fosu s free-speech rights by retaliating against him for advocating for “diversity, justice and inclusion at URI,” according to the suit. ....
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