A jury awarded more than $1 million last Friday to three Alabama State University employees who sued the school for racial and sexual harassment from a former supervisor. Lavonette Bartley was found to have created a racially hostile environment for three women, who claimed that she referred to them with the b-word and the n-word in the workplace.

The jury found that the school had allowed an administrator to create a hostile work environment by racially and sexually harassing three female employees and that the women were retaliated against after they filed complaints.

“Justice is served,” said Cynthia Williams as she walked out of the courthouse about 6 p.m. Friday, alongside the two other plaintiffs, Jacqueline Weatherly and Lydia Burkhalter, who echoed the sentiment.