A conservative “Fearless Debate” group was removed from Tennessee State University on Tuesday amid an uproar in which students surrounded the group and aggressively taunted, surrounded, and yelled at them, videos show.

The group states they wanted to honor Charlie Kirk’s memory by having debates on college campuses, but critics say their unapproved visit, Make America Great Again hats, and inflammatory language — “DEI should be illegal” and “Deport all illegals now! Let’s talk” — was to blame for the raucous reaction at the HBCU.

News 5 Nashville reported that campus police “escorted the group from university grounds. TSU said its students acted ‘professionally and respectfully’ during the encounter. Social media videos showed TSU students shouting, filming, taking their signs, and following the group as they were led away.”

The Nashville chapter of the NAACP called the incident “an intentional effort to antagonize, disrupt and instill fear in a space meant to be safe and supportive for Black students.”

“We are both infuriated and alarmed that groups like Fearless Debates targeted HBCUs in 2025 with rhetoric that echoed a long history of exclusion, racism and systemic oppression.”

According to the Tennessean, TSU President Dwayne Tucker said an investigation “is underway into how the group gained access to campus. He said he plans to host meetings with students in the days to come to discuss what happened.”

Cam Higby, a leader of the debate effort, told WKRN Nashville: “If you want to talk to people who disagree with you, you go to the place where people disagree with you.”

The group posted on X: “To the Leftists asking ‘why would you go to an HBCU to have debates?’ Our answer is simple: why wouldn’t we go to an HBCU? Do leftists not believe that black people have the same rights as everyone else to participate in a dialogue about America’s future?”

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