Talk:Morgan London Latta

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Scammer narrative[edit]

@Dr pangloss: This whole narrative of Latta being a scanner appears to come from a single source, which itself appears to be self-published. Is there any indication in reliable sources that this narrative is true? voorts (talk/contributions) 03:36, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think the scam section has 10 or more citations, including warrants for arrest of people and actual agents of the university arrested and sent to jail. I have more citations coming. Dr pangloss (talk) 03:52, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Those are all from old newspapers. Do you have secondary sources that analyze the history of this? Clearly there's historical disagreement about whether this guy was actually a scammer given that the city still honors him. voorts (talk/contributions) 03:54, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's not a lot of new info, but I did cite the most recent North Carolina Raleigh history book which calls him 'a real crook'. I am in contact with someone writing a biography, I am helping that author. I am unfortunately one of the few people who know the subject in depth enough to write a wikipedia article. None of us know of any independent sources that say he was a real educator that ran a real school. There are large investigations by the US government and state governments cited in the article that found that he was not only a fraud, but one of the most flagrant cases they have seen. There are many citations showing that the money given to the school was invested in his wife's name and other things, there's also a wealth of primary, first-hand sources in the article, for almost every part. Dr pangloss (talk) 16:22, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]