Tennessee State University was founded to keep Black students out of the University of Tennessee. In 1890, states with land-grant schools, like the University of Tennessee, were given a choice.

Last month, the Biden administration sent letters to 16 governors telling them their states had underfunded their historically Black land-grant universities. The letter to Tennessee Gov.

The agreement’s primary goal was to ensure Tennessee State University, the state’s sole public Historically Black University ... staff cuts and the TSU logo being stricken from the ...