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I have filed a law suit against Wesleyan for unfairly denying me tenure in the history department and African American Studies program. My predecessor, Michael Harris, an African American historian, was also denied tenure. He threatned to sue. Wesleyan admitted the history department’s culpability through making a large financial settlement with Dr. Harris.

My eight hard years of research, teaching, and service were rewarded with the denial of tenure. The history department is once again searching for a young tenure-track person to teach African American history. We can either lie down or rise up to challenge those who seem to be in the business of arbitarily hiring and firing committed junior faculty. The genuine supporters of African American history among the students, faculty, and administration at Wesleyan deserve better.

Dr. J. R. Kerr-Ritchie

Assistant Professor, 1992-2000