Fisk University
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Established as Fisk Free Colored School in Nashville, Tenn., in Dec. 1865 by John Ogden, Rev. Erastus Milo Caravath, and Rev. Edward P. Smith; named in honor of Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau for Tennessee and Kentucky, who provided the new institution with facilities and contributed over $30,000 to the school; opened on 9 Jan. 1866 with almost two hundred students of all ages; incorporated as Fisk University on 22 Aug. 1867 after its curriculum shifted to training teachers.
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79041721
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n79041721
https://viaf.org/viaf/311113526
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African American universities and colleges
African American universities and colleges
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Tennessee--Nashville
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