Fisk University

GPTKB entity

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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