Fisk University

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historically Black college or university liberal arts college private university

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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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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 ⓘ