09/12/2017
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"I plan to file legislation that will help students who have been impacted by the legacy of slavery."
"HBCUs have been at the very heart of addressing our Nation's longstanding education and racial equity failures."
"I worked with Tennessee State this last year, school year, to help increase their Black male population by sending them 12 Black boys to Tennessee State."
"Unfortunately, many states have chronically underfunded HBCUs compared to other institutions, leaving them to achieve far more with far less."