Author: Kendrick Marshall

Fisk University is facing pushback over a proposed data center near its main campus. On Wednesday, protesters opposed a proposed campus Innovation Center that would include a large data center, arguing that the project lacks transparency and could cause environmental harm to Black students at Fisk and Nashville residents. The demonstration took place at the university gates as critics, including state Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, called on Fisk to release more information about the plan, which is part of the school’s $1 billion Quantum Leap campus master plan. Jones, a Fisk graduate, said the school should be guided by the legacy…

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