Fisk University is a private historically Black liberal arts university founded in 1866 in Nashville, Tennessee, making it one of the oldest HBCUs in the United States. Fisk is renowned for its commitment to academic excellence and its extraordinary legacy — alumni include W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, and John Lewis. The university's Jubilee Singers, founded in 1871, brought Negro spirituals to international audiences and saved Fisk from financial ruin through their historic touring. Fisk's Carl Van Vechten Gallery houses one of the finest art collections of any HBCU, including works by Georg…