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Fisk University is a private historically black liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1866 and its 40-acre (16 ha) campus is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Fisk Jubilee Singers, circa 1870s. The singers were organized as a fundraising effort for Fisk University. The historically black college in Nashville, Tennessee, was founded by the American Missionary Association and local supporters after the end of the American Civil War to educate freedmen and other young African Americans.
Jubilee Hall is the oldest academic building on the campus of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.Completed in 1876, it was the university's first permanent building, and is a good local example of Gothic Revival architecture.
Fisk University projected it would accrue a more than $3 million deficit over the summer unless Nashville leaders approved its request to repurpose pandemic relief funds.
The Carnegie Library is a historic building on the Fisk University campus in Nashville, Tennessee. The cornerstone was laid in 1908 by William Howard Taft, who was then the U.S. Secretary of War. [2] It was funded by Andrew Carnegie, who provided a number of academic libraries, as well as many public Carnegie libraries.
Nashville's council on Tuesday opted to repurpose millions in federal COVID-19 relief funds to shore up the finances of Fisk University, Nashville's oldest institution of higher education ...
Black gymnasts are the latest buzz on TikTok thanks to Fisk University that held its first gymnastics practice in its 156-year history.
Tennessee State Representative, State Senator, Memphis Councilman, Jurisdictional Bishop in the Church of God in Christ Helen Phillips: 1928 first African-American to perform with the Metropolitan Opera Chorus Annette Lewis Phinazee: 1939 first black woman to earn a doctorate in library sciences from Columbia University: Alma Powell