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The former vice president at Jackson State University has filed a lawsuit alleging that she was discriminated against during the interviewing process for president in 2020. Debra Mays-Jackson filed the suit shortly after the Institutions for Higher Learning (IHL) announced that Dr. Marcus L. Thompson had been selected to serve.