NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) – If you’re a college football fan you might have seen Tennessee State University featured in the “Scream,” Coke Zero Sugar television commercial. The national spot highlights passionate fans cheering for their respective college teams. TSU is the only historically Black institution (HBCU) in the beverage advertisement.

“The Tennessee State University family is proud to have been selected for the Coca-Cola commercial, allowing us to be showcased in households, across the country and around the world on a national platform,” said TSU President Glenda Glover.

“We are honored that this corporate giant included TSU in the campaign and for the attention it is bringing our institution. We have been committed to elevating our brand, and being a part of the commercial continues that effort.”

The TSU scene has five students gathered in a dorm room displaying the University’s athletics logo, while watching the game from a laptop wearing TSU gear and face paint. Coca-Cola said the concept was to show that being an active fan is hard work. 

The 60-second spot can be seen during nationally televised collegiate games and shows fans watching their college teams live in the stands, on television, livestreaming, or listening on the radio. 

The Metro Historical Commission, will hold  a public gathering at First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill on Thursday, December 14^th from 5:00-7:00pm,to  present findings from the two-year-long Nashville Civil Rights Movement Documentation Project. The project documented over 120 historic buildings and places associated with the local movement through field survey and public engagement via an online survey and interviews with veterans of the Nashville Student Movement. This work was funded in part by an African American Civil Rights grant from the Historic Preservation Fund, administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

Attendees of the public gathering will learn more about the Nashville Civil Rights Documentation Project and can provide feedback on the places, people, and stories that should be documented. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided, and free parking is available at the church and in the adjacent state employee lot. The core part of the program will begin at 5:30pm and will include remarks from Rev. Kelly Miller Smith, Jr., Linda Wynn (Tennessee Historical Commission), and other speakers, followed by a presentation from Natalie Bell and Robbie D. Jones from Richard Grubb & Associates.