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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 .
History 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 (Fisk University) / 36.16889°N 86.80472°W / 36.16889; -86.80472. 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.
Ella Sheppard. Ella Sheppard (February 4, 1851 – June 9, 1914) was an American soprano, pianist, composer, and arranger of spirituals. She was the matriarch of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers of Nashville, Tennessee. [1] [2] She also played the organ and the guitar.
The Fisk University protest was a student protest from 1924–1925. The president of Fisk University, located in Nashville, Tennessee, was Fayette McKenzie. McKenzie was accused of exercising a dictatorial rule on campus. He had discontinued the schools magazine and newspaper, canceled the baseball team and cut the football team's budget, and ...
1953. first African-American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics; former Chair, mathematics department at Spelman College. John Hope Franklin. 1935. historian, professor, scholar, author of landmark text From Slavery to Freedom. Victor O. Frazer. United States House of Representatives (1995–1997) Alonzo Fulgham.
Jeremiah Armstead is sophomore at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. The 6-foot-5 basketball player is the first student from an HBCU to receive the Perry Wallace Most Courageous Award from ...
January 2, 1985. 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 .