Cravath Hall - where administration is located. The shape of the bldg looks the same no matter which side you view it from and there is a replica of the middle portion below ground that is seven floors deep. The symmetry in the shape is a masonic architectural principle. This was the original library.
details around the door of Cravath Hall
there are 17 registered historical landmarks on the Fisk campus
inside Cravath Hall in the room where the board meets. you can tell this used to be a library.
Part of the mural along the top of the meeting room by Aaron Douglas. This scene shows the hunting and praising of blacks in Africa.
more of the Douglas mural.
shows the africans getting captured in chains
and the slave ship on the horizon with the woman watching in a sorrow state
represents blacks excelling in industry
excelling in the fine/performing arts
excelling in music
excelling in science
view of the Fisk Memorial Chapel
The Tally-Brady hall - the chemistry bldg. Thomas W. Talley & St. Elmo Brady were chemistry professors at Fisk.
view of the current library - the Franklin Library
us walking towards the chapel
engraving of biblical scripture above the chapel doors. DuBois had it inlaid in gold as a gift
detail above the doors of the chapel
Miles Davis once performed in the chapel - I had to take a picture of Miles in front of it.
they examine a spider
bell tower of the chapel
painted by Nikki Giovani her senior year. Now, it is senior class tradition to repaint it each year
Jubilee Hall. Built in 1873 with the money the Fisk Jubilee singers raised on tour. The first permanent building in the country built for the exclusive purpose of educating blacks. Stands on what used to be the highest hill in Nashville and used to be the place where slaves were sold.
There used to be a 100ft high iron gate and you can still see the notches in the stone where the gate was attached.
parlor inside Jubilee Hall. As a National Historic Landmark, the first floor is preserved as it was in 1873 (for the most part)
Kaleya looks out the window of Jubilee Hall.
picture of the Jubilee Singers
another room on the 1st floor
an original desk of W.E.B. DuBois
class photos
Steinway piano. Fisk has about 109 of them on campus.
portrait of one of the Victorian houses that used to be on campus - a majority of the faculty lived on campus in homes such as this.
Jihad looks at one of the class photos.
All the chandeliers in Jubilee Hall were given to Fisk by Tiffany.
painting by Georgia O'Keefe given to Fisk.
the beams in this room were given to Fisk from a castle in Austria that was built in the 1300s. Next picture shows a plaque with more information.
plaque with details about the beams in this room
original painting sent back by Queen Victoria of the Jubilee Singers
View of the campus from Jubilee Hall. The campus is shaped like an ankh and Jubilee Hall is the head.
Jihad & Kaleya wave from the Alpha Phi Alpha pyramid
In the Fisk Library in front of a relief of W.E.B. DuBois
bible given to Fisk by Lincoln's son - bible was presented to Lincoln by blacks of Baltimore
ornate embossing on the Lincoln bible
i loved the chairs in the library
