Howard University Professor Among Victims of DC Plane Crash
Kiah Duggins had accomplished much in her 30 years of life. She was former Miss Kansas contestant, a civil rights attorney and was on the cusp of becoming a professor at Howard University. On Wednesday night, she also…
Kiah Duggins had accomplished much in her 30 years of life.
She was former Miss Kansas contestant, a civil rights attorney and was on the cusp of becoming a professor at Howard University.
On Wednesday night, she also became a victim of the midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines plane near Reagan National Airport, Fox News reported.
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Howard University President Ben Vinson III confirmed the news and asked for privacy and respect for her family, students, and colleagues.
In a press statement, the university said Duggins was due to start as a professor at Howard University School of Law this fall.
“As a civil rights lawyer, she dedicated her career to fighting against unconstitutional policing and unjust money bail practices in Tennessee, Texas and Washington, D.C.,” per the statement. “Plans to honor her legacy will be shared in coming days.”
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Duggins was also a civil rights attorney with Civil Rights Corps, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C.
Per the group’s website, Duggins worked with the ACLU of Northern California and with Neufeld, Scheck and Brustin LLP to “challenge police misconduct and other harms of the criminal legal system.”
That was before coming to the Civil Rights Corps.
She graduated from Harvard Law School. She served as the president of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.