JUBILEE HALL (1876). Residence hall built with money collected during the Jubilee Singers' first fundraising tour. Oldest permanent building for Black higher education in the United States. (Still standing)
JUBILEE HALL (1876). Residence hall built with money collected during the Jubilee Singers' first fundraising tour. Oldest permanent building for Black higher education in the United States. (Still standing)
OLD LIBRARY (1930). Named in honor of Erastus M. Cravath, first president of Fisk University. Served as the University library from 1930 - 1970. Now houses administrative offices. (Still standing)
ACADEMIC BUILDING (1908). Fisk University's first library. Built with funds donated by Andrew Carnegie, a businessperson. Designed by Moses McKissack, a black architect. (Still standing)
Kay G. Roberts (1950- ). Symphony director, violinist, educator. Class of 1972. First women to earn the Doctorate of Musical Arts in orchestral conducting from Yale University. Guest conductor for the Boston, Cleveland, and Dallas symphonies and...
David L. Lewis (1936- ). Historian, author. Class of 1956. Works include King: A Critical Biography (1971), Prisoner of Honor: the Dreyfus Affair (1973), When Harlem was in Vogue (1987), W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 (1993) and...
William L. Dawson (1886-1970). Congressman. Class of 1909. Won a seat in the U. S. 78th Congress, representing the First Congressional District of Illinois.
St. Elmo Brady (1884-1961). Educator, chemist. Class of 1908. First African American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Illinois in 1916. Developed the chemistry departments at Fisk, Tuskegee, Howard and Tougaloo.
First row (L-R): Thomas Hodges; Marion Waller; Leon Taylor; Robert Barclay. Second row (L-R): Kelly Wilson; Charler Brown; Eldrige Waters; Steven Camphor. Third row (L-R): David Pitts; Brent Thompson; William Kiah; George Carnish. Standing: Coach...
Band members. First row (L-R): Adonis Broom; John E. Zuhlcke; James N. Caldwell; Mary Wiseman; Charles Taylor; Beatrice Jefferson; Arthur Nelson; Brent Thompson; Ralph Waters; Celeste Waters. Second row (L-R): Frederick Tuckson; Thomas Hodges;...
Bennett Hall Was the First Building Completed on the Campus and Was Renovated in 1926. It Was a Three Story Brick Building With a Mansard Roof That Functioned as Library, Chapel, Dining Room, Dorm and Classroom Building.
Picture of Dexter Avenue Baptist in Montgomery, ALabama. Dexter Avenue Baptist Church Was the Site For First Registration of "Alabama Colored Peoples University" Students.
