Video: Watch TSU Students and National Civil Rights Leaders Sound Alarm About Attacks and Defunding of HBCUs

RMU TOWN HALL, Stop The Attack on HBCUs. Live from Nashville, Tenn. https://t.co/467pr6I8Os— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) April 1, 2024 NASHVILLE – Tennessee State University (TSU) student leaders sounded the alarm alongside invited national faith and civil rights leaders, today about extremist legislatures across the country that are attacking and defunding historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In Tennessee, the Senate Education Committee recently voted to vacate TSUs board of directors and empowered extremist Republican Gov. Bill Lee to appoint eight new members to the 10-member body. While the action was spurred in part by financial challenges at TSU, a 2023 Biden Administration study shows that& TSU is owed over $2.1 billion& in state funds that have been held back since 1987. The study shows how historic land grant colleges are being attacked and underfunded by extremist legislators across the United States. These same state legislatures are also suppressing the vote, attacking women’s rights, and refusing to raise the minimum wage while undermining HBCUs, which have a long history of promoting equality for all people. While President Biden, Vice President Harris and progressive congressional leaders have taken action to get more resources to HBCUs, extremist-led state legislatures like this one in Tennessee...