Fisk University

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Fisk University is a historically Black liberal arts university in Nashville, Tennessee, renowned for its academic excellence and pivotal role in the American civil rights movement.

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Fisk University canonical 22

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instanceOf historically Black college or university
liberal arts college
private university
accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
surface form: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
affiliatedWith Fisk Jubilee Singers
athleticsAffiliation NAIA
athleticsConference Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
campusType urban campus
city Nashville
colors blue
gold
country United States of America
surface form: United States
followsAcademicSystem semester system
founders American Missionary Association
foundingDate 1866
hasAcademicStaff faculty
hasCollection Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Modern Art
Carl Van Vechten Gallery of Fine Arts
hasFocus liberal arts and sciences
undergraduate education
hasNotableAlumni John Lewis
Marian Anderson
Nikki Giovanni
W. E. B. Du Bois
hasNotableFaculty Aaron Douglas
Charles S. Johnson NERFINISHED
James Weldon Johnson
historicDesignation part of the Fisk University Historic District
knownFor African American art collection
Fisk Jubilee Singers
role in the American civil rights movement
strong liberal arts programs
languageOfInstruction English
locatedIn Nashville
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee

Tennessee
United States of America
surface form: United States
memberOf Council of Independent Colleges
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
United Negro College Fund
motto Her sons and daughters are ever on the altar
nickname Bulldogs
offersDegree bachelor's degrees
master's degrees
recognizedAs U.S. National Historic Landmark District
surface form: National Historic Landmark District
religiousAffiliation United Church of Christ
state Tennessee
targetStudentPopulation predominantly African American students
typeOfInstitution nonprofit

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John Lewis educatedAt Fisk University
Diane Nash educatedAt Fisk University
W. E. B. Du Bois educatedAt Fisk University
Nella Larsen educatedAt Fisk University
Nikki Giovanni almaMater Fisk University
Nikki Giovanni educatedAt Fisk University
Jim Zwerg educatedAt Fisk University
George Edmund Haynes educatedAt Fisk University
George Edmund Haynes taughtAt Fisk University
Athens of the South associatedWith Fisk University
John educatedAt Fisk University
subject surface form: John Lewis
John Hope Franklin educatedAt Fisk University
Arna Bontemps employer Fisk University
Roland Hayes educatedAt Fisk University
Horace Mann Bond employer Fisk University
Mathew educatedAt Fisk University
subject surface form: Mathew Knowles
Nellallitea Larsen educatedAt Fisk University
subject surface form: Nella Larsen
Charles S. Johnson employer Fisk University
Aaron Douglas workedAt Fisk University
Elmer Imes educatedAt Fisk University
Elmer Imes employer Fisk University
Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr. educatedAt Fisk University