Black Voters Matter’s ‘Blackest Bus in America’ Rolls Into Tennessee for the ‘Big Pay Back’ College Bus Tour

TENNESSEE — On Tuesday, April 16, Black Voters Matter kicks off its “The Big Pay Back – TSU $2.1 Billion” college tour in the Blackest Bus in America to mobilize students as a part of its “We Fight Back” campaign and bus tour. This 3-day college tour will focus on three universities: Tennessee State University (TSU), The University of Tennessee (UT), and the University of Memphis (U of M). BVM, its local partners, and student organizations including TSU NAACP, U of M Graduate Association for African American History, UTC NPHC, and UTK NAACP will host a series of text banking events designed to engage and empower students.BVM seeks is to empower students to use their power and call on the Governor to fully fund TSU as other land grant institutions have been. Students will join Black Voters Matter for a text banking party to engage Tennesseans on the issue of funding Tennessee State the 2.1 billion they are owed. Our call to action is clear, Governor Lee must put the 2.1 billion owed in his budget and fund the university.Tennessee State University is the only public historically Black college in the state and according to research by the Department of...