LORMAN, Miss.
A new $12-million dining hall soon will be under construction at Alcorn State University in Lorman.
“It will be built right across the street from the library and will be the centerpiece of the new Alcorn,” said ASU President Dr. Clinton Bristow Jr.
Now and in the near future, numerous construction projects will be under way on campus, including new buildings and improvements to existing ones.
“There are three capital programs on campus this year, totaling about $20 million, and all are Ayers projects,” Bristow said.
Jake Ayers filed a lawsuit in 1975 against the state’s colleges and universities saying the three Black colleges had received less funding than the mostly White institutions.
The first payment from the Ayers fund went to Alcorn in recent weeks, as it has met the 10 percent diversity standard required under the settlement. Jackson State University and Mississippi Valley State University have not met that requirement.
