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Suit: Highland CC tried to get rid of Black student-athletes

B.J. Smith, the fired head coach of the women's basketball team at Highland Community College, says what happened there "is one of those things that a lot of people will initially go, 'Well, that can't be true in today's world, that can't happen.' " Carlos Moreno / KCUR 89.3 By DAN MARGOLIESKansas News ServiceAn explosive lawsuit alleging a small northeast Kansas community college sought to reduce the number of its African American student-athletes follows disclosures that the president of the school compared a Black football player to Hitler, whom she praised as "a great leader."The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, last week, says that Highland Community College conducted a concerted campaign to discourage African Americans from attending the school, intimidated Black student-athletes into leaving and told its coaching staff to refrain from recruiting African Americans."The HCC administration acted in a conc ....

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