Howard University alumni have filed a lawsuit against the school alleging it excluded students, alumni and faculty from joining the board of trustees, according to The Washington Post.   

The lawsuit comes almost a month after students held a 34-day protest at the HBCU, calling out inhumane living conditions at the university’s dorms.   

The group filed the suit on Monday in D.C. Superior Court and claimed that requests to reinstate faculty, affiliated student groups and alumni to the board has not happened.   

“Resultingly, Howard Alumni in their entirety, which includes plaintiffs, have been injured via their disenfranchisement at the highest level of the university’s governance,” the lawsuit reads.   

According to the Post, Howard has a policy that students, alumni and faculty should have a voice in how the university operates.   

“Unfortunately, alumni are left with no recourse but to file this action in our local courts in order to get the board to follow its own rules,” Donald Temple, the group’s attorney, told The Washington Post.   

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