Papers. 1952-1954.

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Papers. 1952-1954.

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Early leader of Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Dean of the College at Fisk University. Author of books on black history of South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee. Size and description of collection: Fisk University, 1866-1951: 1. Typescript--866 pp. A Constructive Influece on American Life; Book I - The Beginnings of Fisk University; Book II - The Original Jubilee Singers; Book III - The Formative Period; Book IV - The Middle Period; Book V - The Recent Period. 2. Obituary of Dr. Taylor by Charles S. Johnson. 3. Xerox c. of typescript.

0.2 linear ft. (photocopies; 866 p. typescript). 1 Box.

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Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Jubilee Singers (Fisk University)

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The Fisk Jubilee Singers originated with nine students, Isaac Dickerson, Maggie Porter, Minnie Tate, Jennie Jackson, Benjamin Holmes, Thomas Rutling, Eliza Walker, Green Evans, and Ella Sheppard, who set out on a concert tour of the North on 6 Oct. 1871 to save the financially ailing Fisk University; idea to form the group was conceived by George L. White, Fisk University's white treasurer; because the University disapproved of the idea, White had to borrow money for the tour; White gave the gro...

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 ...

Taylor, Alrutheus Ambush

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Dean of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., from 1930 to 1951. Professor of History and Acting Dean, 1929-1930 and 1951-1953. From the description of A.A. Taylor collection. Supplement, 1864-1953. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 753010209 Dean of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., from 1930 to 1951. From the description of A.A. Taylor collection, 1925-1954 (bulk 1930-1951). (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 472226657 ...

Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956

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Sociologist, race relations expert, author, lecturer, teacher, and college administration; first African American president of Fisk University (1946-1956). From the description of Charles Spurgeon Johnson records, 1858-1956. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70970119 First black president of Fisk University, elected Oct. 1946, inaugurated Nov. 1947; served until 1956; Head of Dept. of Social Science, Fisk University, 1928-1947; sociologist, race relations expert, author...