In January of 1866, with the devastation of the Civil War far from
assuaged in the slowly recuperating South, Fisk University made its home
in abandoned Federal barracks near Nashville, Tennessee. The entire
region faced hardships after the conflict, but Southern blacks still
encountered what seemed to be insurmountable obstacles, even after the
emancipation of slaves. Within five years of its opening, Fisk was in such
a dire financial...
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