About Fisk University

Fisk University is a private historically black academic world in Nashville, Tennessee. The university circles was founded in 1866 and its 40-acre (16 ha) campus is a historic district listed upon the National Register of Historic Places.

In 1930, Fisk was the first African-American institution to gain accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Accreditations for specialized programs soon followed.

Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The city is the county chair of Davidson County and is located upon the Cumberland River. It is the 23rd most-populous city in the United States.

Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port upon the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a railroad center. Nashville seceded considering Tennessee during the American Civil War; in 1862 it was the first come clean capital in the Confederacy to fall to Union troops. After the war, the city reclaimed its viewpoint and developed a manufacturing base.

Since 1963, Nashville has had a consolidated city-county government, which includes six smaller municipalities in a two-tier system. The city is governed by a mayor, a vice-mayor, and a 40-member metropolitan council; 35 of the members are elected from single-member districts, while the additional five are elected at-large. Reflecting the city’s point of view in make a clean breast government, Nashville is home to the Tennessee Supreme Court’s courthouse for Middle Tennessee, one of the state’s three divisions.

A major center for the music industry, especially country music, Nashville is commonly known as “Music City”. It is also house to numerous colleges and universities, including Tennessee State University, Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, Fisk University, Trevecca Nazarene University, and Lipscomb University, and is sometimes referred to as “Athens of the South” due to the large number of school institutions. Nashville is next a major middle for the healthcare, publishing, banking, automotive, and transportation industries. Entities considering headquarters in the city complement Asurion, Bridgestone Americas, Captain D’s, Dollar General, Hospital Corporation of America, LifeWay Christian Resources, Logan’s Roadhouse, and Ryman Hospitality Properties.