page_title: Fisk University
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Fisk University / History
caption_attribution_description: Clinton Bowen Fisk (1828–1890)
context_page_description: Fisk University is a private historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee. The university was founded in 1866 and its 40-acre campus is a historic district listed on 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. Accreditations for specialized programs soon followed. Although the university remains accredited by SACS, the university was placed on probation in June 2018.
caption: University namesake Clinton B. Fisk
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