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We, the members of the Black Student Association of Texas Tech University, appreciate and acknowledge the value of the diversity of the black undergraduate community of Texas Tech University. We believe that black students should recognize both the need for unity and growth out people, and hope to establish a strong relationship of respect and understanding among ourselves and among all undergraduates of this University. We strive to promote the political, social, and cultural health of the black student community of Texas Tech University for the governance of our members.
Timothy Cole & George Floyd Memorial Scholarships
With the support and guidance from Texas Tech administration, We, the Black Student Association have created two endowed scholarships for current and future Red Raiders. One in memory of army veteran, Timothy Cole, a Black man who attended Texas Tech in the mid 1980s. Cole died in prison serving a 25 year sentence for a rape charge that he was wrongfully convicted of. The other scholarship in memory of George Floyd, a man who was murdered unjustly by the hands of law enforcement in Minneapolis, MN. Floyd’s death sparked a shift in our world, one that opened many people’s eyes to systemic racism, police brutality, and racial injustice that affects the lives of Black and brown bodies around the world; it is important for us to encompass these struggles through these scholarships.
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"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
Alice Walker
