How LeBron James ignored legacy of Memphis HBCU LeMoyne-Owen | Opinion
LeBron James referenced Nashville's Vanderbilt to encourage Grizzlies move. In doing so, he erased Memphis' LeMoyne-Owen and other HBCUs.
“[The Grizzlies] have to move. Just go over to Nashville. You got Vanderbilt over there...
” That’s what LeBron said . Vanderbilt is a beautiful institution. From one college president to another, Daniel Diermeier is leading one of the most prestigious universities in Tennessee.
I have no quarrel with that. But when NBA icon LeBron James – a man with one of the most powerful platforms on earth – names Vanderbilt as Nashville’s academic anchor and keeps moving, he does something he may not have intended: He erases Historically Black Colleges and Universities. That erasure is not new.
It is not accidental. And it is not without consequence. Nashville is home to four HBCUs: Fisk University , Tennessee State University , American Baptist College and Meharry Medical College .
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