Lawsuit Uses SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling to Go After Legacy Admissions
“Harvard’s practice of giving a leg-up to the children of wealthy donors and alumni…must end,” said one advocate.
A Boston nonprofit, Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR), filed a lawsuit on behalf of multiple Black and Latinx community groups on Monday, alleging that legacy admissions at Harvard University violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The parties being represented in the lawsuit — the Chica Project, the African Community Economic Development of New England, and the Greater Boston Latino...