Boston Taxpayers On The Hook For $250,000 Contract With Ousted Tufts Prof They Paid To Study Slavery

A black Tufts professor Boston officials hired to study the city’s “contributions to slavery” is out the door after the school accused her of plagiarism. Kerri Greenidge is blaming her ouster on Tufts officials who allegedly targeted her for being black. Greenidge’s departure from the faculty comes after a book on the history of slavery she placed with a major publisher came under academic scrutiny. The school is alleging the book, which W.W. Norton has now pulled from its website, contained several errors and lack of attribution. Amid Tufts’ investigation of the book, the city of Boston paid Greenidge $250,000...