EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Nashville, TN

Founding Date:
1866

Team:
Bulldogs

Official Website:
http://www.fisk.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Marion Barry	Politician	6-Mar-1936		Crack-smoking ex-mayor of Washington, DC
W. E. B. Du Bois	Activist	23-Feb-1868	27-Aug-1963	Civil rights activist
Barbara L. Bowles	Business	c. 1946		The Kenwood Group
Mary K. Bush	Business	c. 1949		Bush International
Caroline H. Byrd	Business	c. 1949		GlobalTech Financial
Johnnetta B. Cole	Educator	19-Oct-1936		President of Spelman College, 1987-97
Charles Diggs, Jr.	Politician	2-Dec-1922	24-Aug-1998	Congressman from Michigan, 1955-80
John Hope Franklin	Historian	2-Jan-1915		From Slavery to Freedom
Nikki Giovanni	Poet	7-Jun-1943		Black Feeling, Black Talk
Alcee Hastings	Politician	5-Sep-1936		Congressman, Florida 23rd
Nella Larsen	Novelist	13-Apr-1891	30-Mar-1964	Quicksand
John Lewis	Politician	21-Feb-1940		Congressman, Georgia 5th
Hazel O'Leary	Government	17-May-1937		US Secretary of Energy 1993-97
Bradley T. Sheares	Business	1957		CEO of Reliant Pharmaceuticals
Ida B. Wells-Barnett	Activist	16-Jul-1862	25-Mar-1931	Civil rights advocate
Frank Yerby	Novelist	5-Sep-1916	29-Nov-1991	The Dahomean

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kenneth E. Boulding	Economist	18-Jan-1910	18-Mar-1993	The Image: Knowledge of Life in Society
E. Franklin Frazier	Sociologist	24-Sep-1894	17-May-1962	Black Bourgeoisie
Robert Hayden	Poet	4-Aug-1913	25-Feb-1980	Words in the Mourning Time
Charles S. Johnson	Sociologist	24-Jul-1893	27-Oct-1956	The Negro in Chicago
James Weldon Johnson	Author	17-Jun-1871	26-Jun-1938	God's Trombones
Percy Julian	Chemist	11-Apr-1899	19-Apr-1975	Physostigmine and cortisone
Robert E. Park	Sociologist	14-Feb-1864	7-Feb-1944	Race and Culture

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Arna Bontemps	Novelist	13-Oct-1902	4-Jun-1973	God Sends Sunday
Barbara L. Bowles	Business	c. 1946		The Kenwood Group
Caroline H. Byrd	Business	c. 1949		GlobalTech Financial
Virgis W. Colbert	Business	1939		EVP at Miller Brewing, 1997-2005
Arthur H. Compton	Physicist	10-Sep-1892	15-Mar-1962	Discovered the Compton Effect
Mike Curb	Politician	24-Dec-1944		Lt. Governor of California, 1979-83
Charles S. Johnson	Sociologist	24-Jul-1893	27-Oct-1956	The Negro in Chicago
Hazel O'Leary	Government	17-May-1937		US Secretary of Energy 1993-97

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