Merger of Tennessee State University and University of Tennessee at Nashville

Press Release
October 1, 1979

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  • Press Releases, Volume 7. Merger of Tennessee State University and University of Tennessee at Nashville, 1979. 92397eb3-bb92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/405d6bb9-2f3a-4569-a58d-563d8092c027/merger-of-tennessee-state-university-and-university-of-tennessee-at-nashville. Accessed May 18, 2025.

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The merger, begun in July, of Tennessee State University, the state's 

ger preeminent black public higher educational ban percca’ institution with 

the University of Tennessee at NashXi1le as order by the U. R- District 

Court in Nafidville will go ahead under the administrative control of 

the black school, as requested se NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the 

U. S. Department of Justice. ea iia Supreme Court decision # not to 

grant review to the University of Tennessee leaves undist€ubed the decision 

of the U. S. Court of apefais m for the Sixth Circuit upholding the 

merger. The decision came in Geier v. Blanton, a case in which LDF 
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represented blacKstudents, potential students, faculty and staff. It 

represents a major advance toward LDF's twin goals of eliminating the 

continuing dual systems of public higher education in many Reutwey este: 

while at the same time insuring eng the traditionally black colleges are 

mt closed or downgraded in an effort to integrate state systems. 

Jack Gkeenber) pizacter-cours el of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, said 

that the Supreme Court's decsion insures ue LDF See will we 

return to trial court to seek similar relief concerning other educationally 

institugions in Tennessee. 

For further information: NAACP MM LEGAL DEFENSE FUND 
Bill Lee or Anne Dowling 

Jack Greenberg/ (212) 586-8397 

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