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Tennessee State University
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd., Nashville,
TN ,
USA
Telephone:
(615) 963-5000
URL: Tennessee State University
Latitude & Longitude:
36° 10' 0.653988",
-86° 49' 47.612568"
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Listed in the National Register of Historic Places |
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Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State Normal School for Negroes first opened its doors to 247 students in 1912. this site gave birth to a new era--Public Higher Education for Negroes in the state of Tennessee with emphasis on Agricultural & Industrial occupations. In 1922 the school was raised to college status & to a university in 1951.
Tennessee State Historical Marker Text:
Established in 1912 for the education of Negro citizens, Tennessee State University merged with UT-Nashville in 1979 and has become a major comprehensive urban university. Development from normal school to university progressed as follows: Tenn. A & I State Normal School (1912-1922); Tenn. A & I State Normal College (1922-1927); Tenn. A & I State College (1927-1951); Tenn. A & I University (1951-1969); Tennessee State University, beginning in 1970.
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission.
Tennessee State University was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 14, 1996.
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Tennessee State University Historical Marker Location Map, Nashville, Tennessee Map
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