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January 9th

1 event recorded on The Ledger.

  1. 1866
    The Rise

    Fisk University founded

    Fisk Free Colored School opens in Nashville, Tennessee, chartered by the American Missionary Association. It becomes Fisk University and produces W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, John Hope Franklin, and the touring Fisk Jubilee Singers.

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