Roland Martin hosts ‘Stop the Attack on HBCUs’ Town Hall

On April 1, Roland Martin held a Stop the Attack on HBCUs Town Hall in Nashville, Tennessee.

This comes after Trustees of Tennessee’s only publicly funded historically Black university were removed under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Bill Lee. Black lawmakers and community leaders said state leaders, a majority of whom are white, are unfairly targeting Tennessee State University.

Democrats and others say Republicans are focusing on the wrong issues, pointing out that TSU’s problems are primarily due to its being underfunded by an estimated $2.1 billion over the last three decades. They also allege that the majority-white Legislature distrusts a Black-controlled university’s ability to manage itself.