澳门皇冠赌场平台历史

The work of Fisk's founders was sponsored by the American Missionary Association — later part of the United Church of Christ, 菲斯克至今仍与之有联系.

Ogden, Cravath, and Smith, 和其他人一起运动, 共同梦想着建立一个对所有人开放的教育机构, 不分种族, 这将以“最高标准”来衡量自己, 不是黑人教育, 而是美国最好的教育.他们的梦想在1867年8月22日被合并为澳门皇冠赌场平台.

The tradition of excellence at Fisk has developed out of a history marked by struggle and uncertainty. Fisk's world-famous Jubilee Singers® originated as a group of traveling students who set out from Nashville on October 6, 1871, taking the entire contents of the University treasury with them for travel expenses, praying that through their music they could somehow raise enough money to keep the doors of their debt-ridden school open.

歌手们一开始很挣扎, but before long, their performances so electrified audiences that they traveled throughout the United States and Europe, 包括威廉·劳埃德·加里森在内的观众都感动得流下了眼泪, 温德尔·菲利普斯, Ulysses S. Grant, William Gladstone, Mark Twain, Johann Strauss, and Queen Victoria.

To this day, each October 6, Fisk pauses to observe the anniversary of the singers' departure from campus in 1871. 当代禧年歌手, 格莱美奖得主群体, perform in a University convocation — and conclude the day's ceremonies with a pilgrimage to the grave sites of the original singers, 再说一遍, 这些古老的歌曲是在他们最初的表演者的墓地里唱的.

The Fisk Jubilee Singers® introduced much of the world to the spirituals as a musical genre— and in the process raised funds that preserved their University and permitted construction of Jubilee Hall, the South's first permanent structure built for the education of black students. 被指定为国家历史地标, today, 朱比利大厅仍然是菲斯克校园引人注目的焦点.

Even before regional accreditation was available to African-American institutions, Fisk had gained recognition by leading universities throughout the nation, and by such agencies as the Board of Regents of the State of New York — enabling Fisk graduates to enter graduate and professional schools to study for advanced degrees.

Then, in 1930, Fisk became the first African-American institution to gain accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It was also the first such institution to be placed on the approved lists of the Association of American Universities (1933) and the American Association of University Women (1948).

Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the nation's oldest and most widely known academic honor society. In 1953, Fisk received a charter for the first chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society on a predominantly black campus.

In February, 1978, the Fisk campus was designated as a National 历史街区 in recognition of its architectural, historic, 以及文化意义.