Tennessee State University
Appearance
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Official_Logo_of_Tennessee_State_University_-_blue.jpg/170px-Official_Logo_of_Tennessee_State_University_-_blue.jpg)
Tennessee State University is a university in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a historically black university, which means that it was founded to educate African American students.
The university opened in 1909. Its name, "Tennessee State University" was first used in 1968.