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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 . In 1930, Fisk became the first historically black institution to gain accreditation by the Southern Association of ...
Fisk University President Agenia Walker Clark is photographed in front of Cravath Hall at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Walker Clark's office is on the third floor ...
Charles S. Johnson. Charles Spurgeon Johnson (July 24, 1893 – October 27, 1956) was an American sociologist and college administrator, the first black president of historically black Fisk University, and a lifelong advocate for racial equality and the advancement of civil rights for African Americans and all ethnic minorities. He preferred to ...
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.
Fisk University gymnast Morgan Price competes on the vault during the Tennessee Collegiate Classic meet Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, in Lebanon, Tenn. Fisk is the first historically Black university to ...
Fisk University gymnast Alyssa Wiggins, left, celebrates after finishing her routine on the uneven bars during the Tennessee Collegiate Classic meet in Lebanon, Tenn., Friday, Jan. 20, 2023.
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.
Born in Lebanon, Tennessee, Price is the daughter of Chris, a former baseball player for a Kansas City Royals farm team who died in a motorcycle collision in 2009. [ 1] Her mother, Marsha, was a cheerleader at Vanderbilt University. [ 2][ 3][ 1] Price took up gymnastics at age two, attending Overbrook Catholic School in Nashville during her ...