Tennessee
Tennessee lawmakers dismantle HBCU’s board of trustees, to the dismay of students and alumni
The GOP-controlled, majority-white Tennessee House voted in favor of the bill dismantling the entire board of trustees of Tennessee State University, an HBCU.
Black lawmakers, students and alumni of Tennessee State University are outraged that Gov. Bill Lee, in an unprecedented move, signed into law legislation that dismantled the storied historically Black college’s board of trustees.
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