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...
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers are an African-American a cappella ensemble, consisting of students at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. The first group...
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Following is a list of notable alumni from Fisk University. Category:Fisk University alumni Carter, Tomeiko Ashford, editor (2010). Virginia Broughton:...
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up fisk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fisk may refer to: Fisk, Iowa Fisk, Missouri Fisk, Wisconsin Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee Fisk Generating...
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Wade in the Water (section Fisk Jubilee Singers)
Tennessee, Fisk University, collecting and promulgating the "jubilee songcraft" of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers—an African-American a cappella Fisk University...
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Schuyler Elizabeth Fisk (pronounced /ˈskaɪlər/ SKY-lər; born July 8, 1982) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Fisk was born on July 8, 1982...
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Robert William Fisk (12 July 1946 – 30 October 2020) was an English writer and journalist. He was critical of United States foreign policy in the Middle...
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The Fisk University protest was a student protest from 1924–1925. The president of Fisk University, located in Nashville, Tennessee, was Fayette McKenzie...
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Giovanni, poet – Fisk University Alcee Hastings, US Congressman from Florida's 20th congressional district – Fisk University, Howard University, Florida A&M...
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Party's presidential candidate during the 1888 presidential election. Fisk University was named in his honor after he endowed it with $30,000. In addition...
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Jubilee quartet (redirect from Fisk Jubilee Quartet)
century. The name derives from the Fisk Jubilee Singers, a group of singers organized by George L. White at Fisk University in 1871 to sing Negro spirituals...
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Mathew Knowles (category Fisk University alumni)
Helen (née Hogue) and Matthew Q. Knowles. He is a 1974 graduate of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he earned both a Bachelor of Arts degree...
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around the requirement, the university chose to pay tuition for Black students to attend a separate institution, Fisk University. The following year, in 1870...
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Jessie Carney Smith (category Fisk University faculty)
1930) is an American librarian and educator, formerly Dean of the Fisk University Library and Camille Cosby Distinguished Chair in the Humanities. She...
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Carlton Ernest Fisk (born December 26, 1947), nicknamed "Pudge" and "the Commander", is an American former professional baseball catcher who played 24...
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and universities including Tennessee State University, Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, Fisk University, Trevecca Nazarene University, and...
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Hazel R. O'Leary (category Fisk University alumni)
the 14th president of Fisk University from 2004 to 2013, a historically black college and her alma mater. O'Leary's tenure at Fisk came amid financial difficulty...
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that Fisk University could not lose its interest in the collection, nor could the joint venture holding ownership of the collection between Fisk University...
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Alma Powell (category Fisk University alumni)
October 27, 1937, in Birmingham, Alabama, Alma Powell graduated from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, and went on to study speech pathology and...
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building on the campus of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Completed in 1876, it was the university's first permanent building,...
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Female Academy and Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, nor between Fisk University patron Clinton B. Fisk and Moses Fisk. In addition to being a...
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Harold Jackman (category New York University alumni)
at Atlanta University and contributed to the James Weldon Johnson Collection of Yale University, the Literary Collection of Fisk University, and to the...
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The Carnegie Library is a historic building on the Fisk University campus in Nashville, Tennessee. The cornerstone was laid in 1908 by William Howard...
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Mandisa (category Fisk University alumni)
at Tennessee's Fisk University for vocal performance, and was a member of the school's "Jubilee Singers". Mandisa graduated from Fisk in 2000 with a Bachelor...
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Edward Vaughn (category Fisk University alumni)
Bachelor of Arts degree in history and government from Fisk University and attended the University of Illinois College of Law for one year. Vaughn moved...
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recorded by Alan Lomax and John W. Work for the Library of Congress and Fisk University. The following year, he left the Delta for Rochester, New York, and...
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W. E. B. Du Bois (category Fisk University alumni)
neighbors, Du Bois attended Fisk University, a historically black college in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1885 to 1888. Like other Fisk students who relied on...
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Yolande Du Bois (category Fisk University alumni)
also ended in divorce. Du Bois graduated from Fisk University and later earned an MA from Columbia University. She worked as a teacher, primarily in Baltimore...
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Camille Cosby (category University of Maryland, College Park alumni)
earning a graduate degree from Fisk University and her mother earning an undergraduate degree from Howard University. Cosby attended private Catholic...
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Alicia Henry (category Fisk University faculty)
was an associate professor in the Language and Arts Department at Fisk University. Henry created multi-media artwork that focused on themes of the body...
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