Governor Bill Lee signed legislation advanced by Republican state lawmakers to vacate the university’s Board of Trustees. Learotha Williams, professor of African American and public history, says, “TSU and its activities are always under a microscope. The places where it stumbles are magnified and the instances where it shines are minimized, marginalized, or just ignored. That has been consistent throughout the history of the states throughout TSU’s history.” Read more from Inside Higher Education.
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