Representative Harold Love, Jr. speaks to students, faculty, staff, and alumni at Tennessee State University for the Unfair & Underfunded event on April 16, 2019.
Unfair & Underfunded: The History of Land Grant Funding in Tennessee and its Impact on TSU
April 16 at 6 pm
Avon Williams Campus Room 354
Tennessee State University (TSU) and the University of Tennessee (UT) are Tennessee’s two land grant institutions, established under the 1862 and 1890 federal land grant acts to provide federal funds for agricultural colleges. Under law, land grant institutions are supposed to receive matching federal and state funds, i.e. for each dollar of federal funding, the state is supposed to contribute one dollar of state appropriations. Since the 1950s, TSU, Tennessee’s only public Historically Black College and University (HBCU), has not received the full land grant match to which it is entitled. While some progress has been made, the impact of this unfair distribution to TSU is felt to this day. Representative Harold Love, Jr., Ph.D., has introduced HB0823 to require the state to begin providing a detailed report of appropriations made to Tennessee’s land grant institutions annually.
Join TSU Alumnus Representative Harold M. Love Jr., Ph.D.; TSU’s Associate Professor of History Learotha Williams, Jr., PhD., and student advocates from TSU’s Social Work Program and History & Africana Studies Programs who will present information about this issue and discuss the impact of this historical unfair funding scheme on Tennessee’s only public HBCU. Students will present ways you can help to promote Fair Funding for TSU.
You can read an excellent write up about the event from the Tennessee Tribune here: https://tntribune.com/education/college/hbcu/tsu/rep-harold-love-jr-gets-tsu-1-9m-for-reparations/?fbclid=IwAR1KoLxrQw_EKfm9pgAYqUCFzXK2kM2ptiEZdlpThiHvZHFQ1k9TYZCQZBE
You can view a Channel 5 news report on this event here: https://www.newschannel5.com/news/tsu-students-and-faculty-call-for-fair-funding
You can view the live stream of this event here: https://www.facebook.com/100011258310791/posts/785764401808830?sfns=mo
Lee, J. & Keys, S. (2013). Land-grant but unequal: State one-to-one match funding for 1890 land-grant universities. Retrieved from The Office for Access & Success, 4/16/2019: http://www.aplu.org/library/land-grant-but-unequal-state-one-to-one-match-funding-for-1890-land-grant-universities/file
