Yes, Fisk University is an HBCU. Is Fisk University a private school? Yes, Fisk University is a private school. Fisk University is ranked 11th out of 79 schools, or in the top 14% of the ...

The Fisk School, forerunner of Fisk University, convened classes for the first time on Jan. 9, 1866, in former Union army barracks in Nashville, Tennessee. The school was named for Gen.

Fisk University -- originally known as the Fisk Free Colored School -- would eventually become a premiere liberal arts institution. The school owes it origins to both the hunger of ex-slaves for ...