North Carolina Central University denied on Wednesday the validity of claims in three lawsuits filed against it that accuse Chancellor Debra Saunders-White of discriminating against non-African-American employees and misappropriation of taxpayer funds.
Marianne Murphy, a former tenured professor at the historically Black university’s business school, and Francis Smith, former director of graduate, professional, and executive programs at the business school, filed their suits in federal court. Kimberly Luse, Saunders-White’s former chief of staff, filed her suit in Durham County Superior Court.
Smith and Luse are White; Murphy is a native of Cuba.
Murphy left after she claims that she was passed over for several promotions and her complaints that she was paid less than her African-American counterparts were not addressed. Smith, who lost his job in a restructuring of the business school last year, alleges that NCCU created a hostile work environment for non-African-Americans and routinely failed to investigate claims of discrimination.
Source: Diverse Education
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