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Fisk University is committed to maintaining a diverse community in an atmosphere of mutual respect and appreciation of differences. Fisk, in its educational programs and activities including students and employees, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, or age and this is a requirement of Title IX.
Ogden, Cravath, and Smith, along with others in their movement, shared a dream of an educational institution that would be open to all, regardless of race, and that would measure itself by the highest standards, not of Negro education, but of American education at its best. Their dream was incorporated as Fisk University on August 22, 1867.
Feb 3, 2010 · General Clinton B. Fisk of the Tennessee Freedmen’s Bureau donated a former Union Army barracks to the school, and students began attending classes at “Fisk School” in January of 1866. Originally supported by the American Missionary Association, the college officially became Fisk University one year later. As part of a fundraising effort ...
Oct 8, 2017 · Fisk University. Fisk Free Colored School, predecessor of Fisk University, was established on January 9, 1866, in Nashville to offer education–as a means of building better lives–to formerly enslaved African Americans. African Americans, both slave and free, exhibited two related overriding concerns during the antebellum and Civil War ...
Fisk University is ranked #6 among historically black universities, according to U.S. News and World Report, and is the oldest institution of higher learning in Nashville, Tennessee.
Oct 30, 2022 · 22 Current and Six Former Athletes Honored at Fisk’s 150th Commencement. Women’s golfer Okolo gives Class of 2024 Valedictorian address.
Sep 28, 2011 · 23. Fisk University. @Fisk1866. ·. Dec 12, 2022. Support #FiskUniversity ’s competition debut along with fifteen other women’s collegiate gymnastics teams as they head to Las Vegas, Nevada, January 6-7, 2023, for the inaugural Super 16 presented by Ozone at the Orleans Arena. Full Story/Ticket Info: shorturl.at/dsJT2.
