Harris-Stowe State University is a relatively small university located in Missouri's largest metropolitan area. Yet the students at Harris-Stowe are clearly different from the students at the other eleven Missouri public universities. The student body of Harris-Stowe is predominantly African American, over 85 percent. Harris-Stowe State University receives the lowest funding with fewer facilities than any other Missouri four-year state institution. The study examines funding and program offerings at Harris-Stowe State University within the context of critical race theory; specifically, that state appropriations, program offerings, environment, and student outcomes within the Missouri Higher education system foment inequality. The stated hypothesis is that within the Missouri higher education system Harris-Stowe State University exists within a state university system that exhibits dually the aspects of both de facto and de jure segregation.