Fisk University

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Fisk_University

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:university
gptkbp:accreditation	gptkb:Southern_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools
gptkbp:address	1000 17th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37208
gptkbp:affiliation	gptkb:United_Negro_College_Fund
gptkbp:athleticConference	gptkb:Gulf_Coast_Athletic_Conference
gptkbp:athleticsAffiliation	gptkb:NAIA
gptkbp:athleticsNickname	gptkb:Lady_Bulldogs Bulldogs
gptkbp:book	gptkb:John_Hope_and_Aurelia_E._Franklin_Library
gptkbp:campusType	urban
gptkbp:colors	gptkb:gold blue
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endowment	$12.7 million (2021)
gptkbp:foundedYear	1866
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Edward_Parmelee_Smith gptkb:Erasmus_Smith gptkb:John_Ogden
gptkbp:heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	gptkb:Jubilee_Hall
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Fisk University
gptkbp:Jubilee_Hall	oldest permanent building for the education of African Americans in the South
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Fisk_Jubilee_Singers civil rights activism
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Nashville,_Tennessee
gptkbp:mascot	gptkb:Bulldog
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Council_of_Independent_Colleges gptkb:United_Negro_College_Fund gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall_College_Fund
gptkbp:motto	Her sons and daughters are ever on the altar
gptkbp:nickname	Bulldogs
gptkbp:notableAlumni	gptkb:James_Weldon_Johnson gptkb:John_Lewis gptkb:Nikki_Giovanni gptkb:W.E.B._Du_Bois gptkb:Diane_Nash gptkb:Jubilee_Singers
gptkbp:notableEvent	founding of the Jubilee Singers in 1871
gptkbp:notableFaculty	gptkb:Charles_S._Johnson gptkb:James_Weldon_Johnson gptkb:Aaron_Douglas gptkb:Arna_Bontemps
gptkbp:offersDegree	Bachelor's Master's
gptkbp:president	gptkb:Vann_R._Newkirk_Sr.
gptkbp:schoolColors	gptkb:gold navy blue
gptkbp:studentBody	~900
gptkbp:type	historically black university private
gptkbp:website	https://www.fisk.edu/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:John_Lewis gptkb:W.E.B._Du_Bois
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4