Historically Black Colleges Tell Congress of Problems With Budgets, Civil Rights

Representatives of historically black colleges and universities complained to Congress on Wednesday about their treatment by federal and state policy makers, citing failures both in budgeting and in civil-rights enforcement.

More than 50 years after the Supreme Court ordered the desegregation of American schools, several states still pursue practices that bring competitive harm to traditionally black colleges, the leaders of several such institutions said during a hearing held

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