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Africana Studies ex-director sues University of New Mexico

by Associated Press
| September 12, 2020 12:06 AM

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — The University of New Mexico retaliated against the director of Africana Studies for demanding that his program be elevated to a department and later removed him when the program got state funding for the change, according to a whistleblower lawsuit.

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