Two Black former Nichols College students have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the private Massachusetts school, alleging administrators disciplined them far more harshly than white students involved in a 2023 campus fight.
According to Lawyers for Civil Rights, Shamar Hall and Giovanni McLaughlin contend that Nichols College disciplined them despite their claims of self-defense.
Hall was expelled, while McLaughlin was restricted from participating in campus activities and accessing student life resources.
The former students contend that white students involved in the fight, including those who started the violence, faced no comparable consequences…