InMomentumbyWilliam Spivey·Dec 10, 2025Marguerite Eolis Simpkins Call and Vivian Lee Sims: Fisk University Friends Forever“Her Sons are Steadfast, Her Daughters True…”A response icon1A response icon1
InMomentumbyWilliam Spivey·Nov 7, 2025Ella Sheppard, the Jubilee Singers, and The Spirituals That Dismantled SilenceHow Ella Sheppard escaped slavery, defied death, and sang spirituals before royaltyA response icon4A response icon4
William Spivey·Nov 4, 2024Winners of the FJSA Jubilee Heritage Special AwardThe 1956 Fisk University Jubilee Singers
InAfroSapiophilebyWilliam Spivey·Apr 16, 2024Morgan Price Makes History as the USA Gymnastics Women’s All-Around National ChampionThe First Student From an HBCU to Accomplish the FeatA response icon3A response icon3
InBlack History Month 365byWilliam Spivey·May 13, 2022One of the Three Remaining “Slave Bibles,” in the WorldFound in Special Collections at the Fisk University LibraryA response icon25A response icon25
InBlack History Month 365byWilliam Spivey·Mar 20, 2022God’s Trombones (Great Art Inside)The Murals of Aaron Douglas at Fisk UniversityA response icon3A response icon3
InBlack History Month 365byWilliam Spivey·Mar 12, 2022Matthew Knowles Take on ColorismDifferent Views of the Same CampusA response icon6A response icon6
InThe HBCU ChroniclesbyWilliam Spivey·Apr 20, 2020Nashville: How “Music City” Got Its NameIf you’ve only briefly visited Nashville, chances are you spent most of your time in the downtown honky-tonks and bars, or maybe Opryland…A response icon1A response icon1
Autumn A. Arnett·Feb 12, 2019February 12: Fisk University Alumnus John Hope Franklin and the Birth of African-American StudiesFisk University was the first HBCU to charter a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, beating Howard University by four days in April of 1953. A 1935…
