TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) – A white professor at historically black Tuskegee University says he’s suing the school, claiming he’s been denied the salary he deserves because of age and race discrimination.
The Montgomery Advertiser reports physics professor Marshall Burns held a press conference Tuesday. He said he hasn’t considered leaving Tuskegee because he loves teaching students.
The 73-year-old Burns says he gets an associate professor’s salary despite being a full professor since 1980 and asking for a raise at least 12 times.
The lawsuit says teachers of African and Asian descent are making more than Burns despite being younger and working at Tuskegee for less time.
The suit refers to Burns as a white, “native-born American” who helped Tuskegee obtain funding from more conservative legislators in Alabama.