Lawsuit: African American Student Claims Racial Discrimination at Hamline

Gary Prewitt of Nashville is 30 years old, more than $80,000 in debt from student loans, and still without the masters degree in education he set out to get from Hamline University (MN) in 2009.  With just one course standing in the way of graduation, Prewitt claims Hamline refused to give him classwork and refused to grade his assignments, finally expelling him in 2014 without notice or a hearing. He sued Hamline for racial discrimination the following year, and after unsuccessful attempts by the university to have the case dismissed, it's finally going to trial this July.