"We are under resourced, " Clark Atlanta University President Carlton Brown said.

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Dlamini-Manaway is married to David Manaway, an American businessman she met while studying psychology at Clark Atlanta University, and has a 10-year-old son and a 2-year-old daughter.

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In the Atlanta area alone, Morehouse College laid off 25 adjunct professors, Spelman is eliminating 35 jobs next year, and Clark Atlanta University's budget ax fell mid-semester with 70 professors and 30 staff members let go.

CNN: Economy hits historically black colleges hard

But Robert Bullard, who heads the Environmental Justice Resource Centre at Clark Atlanta University, sees the shipment of waste from one county to a poorer, blacker one as part of a longstanding pattern that sees minority communities disproportionately burdened with hazards.

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