Fisk University
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Name (Latin)
Fisk University
Other forms of name
Fisk University, Nashville
Coordinates
-86.8047 -86.8047 36.1688 36.1688 (gooearth )
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Sources of Information
- NUCMC data from Fisk Univ. Libr. for Johnson, C.S. Papers, 1870-1964(Fisk University)
- Amer. univ. and colleges, 1973(Fisk University; Nashville, Tenn.; private co-ed. liberal arts institution; est. 1865; chartered 1867; first instruction 1871)
- NUCMC data from Fisk Univ. Libr. for Fiskiana records, 1867-[ongoing](Established as Fisk Free Colored School in Nashville, Tenn., in Dec. 1865; named in honor of Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau for Tennessee and Kentucky, who provided the new institution with facilities and contributed over $30,000 to the school; opened on 9 Jan. 1866 with almost two hundred students of all ages; incorporated as Fisk University on 22 Aug. 1867 after its curriculum shifted to training teachers)
- New York Fisk Alumni Association WWW, Jan. 13, 2005(Fisk is a part of the Nashville University Center, a consortium including Vanderbilt University and Meharry Medical College, which permits our students to attend classes at these institutions while enrolled at Fisk)
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Wikipedia description:
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. In 1930, Fisk became the first historically black institution to gain accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Fisk is the oldest institution for higher education in Nashville.
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