The University of Illinois’ Board of Trustees and individual administrators are facing a lawsuit claiming they fired a Black program director after he advocated for program participants and staff who were allegedly being subjected to a “racially hostile environment.”
Omowale Casselle alleges university officials retaliated against him and eventually revoked his leadership role in September 2023 after he complained several times about “the differences in how White people were hired, promoted and managed in comparison with Black people,” according to his complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. ...
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