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Opening of Fisk Free Colored School
- When
- January 9, 1866
- Where
- Nashville, Tennessee
The Fisk Free Colored School opened in Nashville on January 9, 1866, for the education of freedmen.
Established by American Missionary Association members John Ogden, Erastus Milo Cravath, and Edward Parmelee Smith, the school began operations during the Reconstruction era. It was named after Clinton Fisk, a Union general and assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau of Tennessee.
Sources
- Fisk University Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-05
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