👇🏾 Ray Winbush, Former Fisk U Professor of Social Sciences and director of the Race Relations Institute, says the data center planned for the @fiskuniversity campus “must be stopped”
June 11, 2026 at 7:18 PM
👇🏾 Ray Winbush, Former Fisk U Professor of Social Sciences and director of the Race Relations Institute, says the data center planned for the @fiskuniversity campus “must be stopped”
NASHVILLE— REP. @brotherjones.bsky.social: “I was a professor here, teaching environmental racism. @fiskuniversity President (Dr. Clark) asked me if it would conflict with plans to build a data center on campus. I started teaching about dangers of A.I… my class was canceled within a week.”🤔
June 11, 2026 at 12:33 PM
NASHVILLE— REP. @brotherjones.bsky.social: “I was a professor here, teaching environmental racism. @fiskuniversity President (Dr. Clark) asked me if it would conflict with plans to build a data center on campus. I started teaching about dangers of A.I… my class was canceled within a week.”🤔
Yikes - @fiskuniversity turned off comments on a post of Dr. Clark welcoming @GovBillLee to the HBCU after his special session stripping majority-Black Memphis of representation🤔: www.instagram.com/p/DbwN9NoGgn...
August 8, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Yikes - @fiskuniversity turned off comments on a post of Dr. Clark welcoming @GovBillLee to the HBCU after his special session stripping majority-Black Memphis of representation🤔: www.instagram.com/p/DbwN9NoGgn...
IOTA DELTA CHI SORORITY: “We urge @fiskuniversity to hear student voices and reconsider this campus data center initiative… does not uphold university values…”
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June 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
IOTA DELTA CHI SORORITY: “We urge @fiskuniversity to hear student voices and reconsider this campus data center initiative… does not uphold university values…”
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2 LOCAL ENGINEERS refute the D.C. Blox rep’s claims: “Waterless cooling does not mean more environmentally-friendly… they are going to continually burn fossil fuels and pollute our communities… not just the one @nashvillezoo, the one at @fiskuniversity too.”
June 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
2 LOCAL ENGINEERS refute the D.C. Blox rep’s claims: “Waterless cooling does not mean more environmentally-friendly… they are going to continually burn fossil fuels and pollute our communities… not just the one @nashvillezoo, the one at @fiskuniversity too.”
😕 folks are noticing HBCU @fiskuniversity prez Dr. Clark “looking positively beguiled” by @GovBillLee — after he called a special session to carve up majority-Black Memphis
“She has been gaslighting people the data center will benefit the Black community”
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“She has been gaslighting people the data center will benefit the Black community”
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August 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
😕 folks are noticing HBCU @fiskuniversity prez Dr. Clark “looking positively beguiled” by @GovBillLee — after he called a special session to carve up majority-Black Memphis
“She has been gaslighting people the data center will benefit the Black community”
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“She has been gaslighting people the data center will benefit the Black community”
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WATCH: “The backlash isn’t dying down.”
WKRN reports Black Mental Health Village has suspended its partnership with @meharrymedicalcollege over its support for the on-campus @fiskuniversity Data Center.
Their post: www.instagram.com/p/DaLkgGkjxqA/
WKRN reports Black Mental Health Village has suspended its partnership with @meharrymedicalcollege over its support for the on-campus @fiskuniversity Data Center.
Their post: www.instagram.com/p/DaLkgGkjxqA/
June 30, 2026 at 12:29 PM
WATCH: “The backlash isn’t dying down.”
WKRN reports Black Mental Health Village has suspended its partnership with @meharrymedicalcollege over its support for the on-campus @fiskuniversity Data Center.
Their post: www.instagram.com/p/DaLkgGkjxqA/
WKRN reports Black Mental Health Village has suspended its partnership with @meharrymedicalcollege over its support for the on-campus @fiskuniversity Data Center.
Their post: www.instagram.com/p/DaLkgGkjxqA/
🔥 @rolandsmartin.bsky.social : “P.R. 101: don’t send a press release as we’re LIVE having the conversation😬- @fiskuniversity , you’re an HBCU and hired a white P.R. firm for this??”
Live with @brotherjones.bsky.social Roland lights up Fisk & Dr. Clark
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DZlCPix...
Live with @brotherjones.bsky.social Roland lights up Fisk & Dr. Clark
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DZlCPix...
June 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
🔥 @rolandsmartin.bsky.social : “P.R. 101: don’t send a press release as we’re LIVE having the conversation😬- @fiskuniversity , you’re an HBCU and hired a white P.R. firm for this??”
Live with @brotherjones.bsky.social Roland lights up Fisk & Dr. Clark
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DZlCPix...
Live with @brotherjones.bsky.social Roland lights up Fisk & Dr. Clark
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DZlCPix...
“There should have been a mic for audience members… we have so many leaders trying to make a name for themselves… God help us…”
Another ex Nashville NAACP president criticizes the @fiskuniversity “town hall” on the data center, where folks had to yell to be heard👇🏽
Another ex Nashville NAACP president criticizes the @fiskuniversity “town hall” on the data center, where folks had to yell to be heard👇🏽
July 1, 2026 at 1:06 PM
“There should have been a mic for audience members… we have so many leaders trying to make a name for themselves… God help us…”
Another ex Nashville NAACP president criticizes the @fiskuniversity “town hall” on the data center, where folks had to yell to be heard👇🏽
Another ex Nashville NAACP president criticizes the @fiskuniversity “town hall” on the data center, where folks had to yell to be heard👇🏽
🔥 “True progress can never be bought at the expense of our people, our culture, our environment.”
@fiskuniversity U students & alumni (incl. @brotherjones.bsky.social ) stood at the gates to oppose a planned on-campus data center announced after all the HBCU students went home for the summer.🤔
@fiskuniversity U students & alumni (incl. @brotherjones.bsky.social ) stood at the gates to oppose a planned on-campus data center announced after all the HBCU students went home for the summer.🤔
June 11, 2026 at 12:13 AM
🔥 “True progress can never be bought at the expense of our people, our culture, our environment.”
@fiskuniversity U students & alumni (incl. @brotherjones.bsky.social ) stood at the gates to oppose a planned on-campus data center announced after all the HBCU students went home for the summer.🤔
@fiskuniversity U students & alumni (incl. @brotherjones.bsky.social ) stood at the gates to oppose a planned on-campus data center announced after all the HBCU students went home for the summer.🤔
“This wasn’t a finished deal. This isn’t finalized.”
@fiskuniversity President Dr. Clark attempted to address blowback about the data center & $1 Billion renovation plan (with no named 💰source) at a “town hall” where folks had to shout to be heard.
Full: www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...
@fiskuniversity President Dr. Clark attempted to address blowback about the data center & $1 Billion renovation plan (with no named 💰source) at a “town hall” where folks had to shout to be heard.
Full: www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...
June 30, 2026 at 12:13 PM
“This wasn’t a finished deal. This isn’t finalized.”
@fiskuniversity President Dr. Clark attempted to address blowback about the data center & $1 Billion renovation plan (with no named 💰source) at a “town hall” where folks had to shout to be heard.
Full: www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...
@fiskuniversity President Dr. Clark attempted to address blowback about the data center & $1 Billion renovation plan (with no named 💰source) at a “town hall” where folks had to shout to be heard.
Full: www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...
JONES: “Fisk must be a partner, not a poisoner of the community.”
Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social, who taught an environmental justice class at HBCU @fiskuniversity til recently, opposes a campus data center, calls on President Clark to reject it
Again: who’s paying for it?🤔 (They ignored us)
Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social, who taught an environmental justice class at HBCU @fiskuniversity til recently, opposes a campus data center, calls on President Clark to reject it
Again: who’s paying for it?🤔 (They ignored us)
June 9, 2026 at 12:51 PM
JONES: “Fisk must be a partner, not a poisoner of the community.”
Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social, who taught an environmental justice class at HBCU @fiskuniversity til recently, opposes a campus data center, calls on President Clark to reject it
Again: who’s paying for it?🤔 (They ignored us)
Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social, who taught an environmental justice class at HBCU @fiskuniversity til recently, opposes a campus data center, calls on President Clark to reject it
Again: who’s paying for it?🤔 (They ignored us)
More @fiskuniversity folks react to Dr. Clark blaming “misinformation” for the backlash to the planned on-campus data center:
“Maybe if Fisk was transparent about what it was doing there would be no need to say ‘if they knew what Fisk was doing…” 🎯
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“Maybe if Fisk was transparent about what it was doing there would be no need to say ‘if they knew what Fisk was doing…” 🎯
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June 20, 2026 at 3:51 AM
More @fiskuniversity folks react to Dr. Clark blaming “misinformation” for the backlash to the planned on-campus data center:
“Maybe if Fisk was transparent about what it was doing there would be no need to say ‘if they knew what Fisk was doing…” 🎯
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“Maybe if Fisk was transparent about what it was doing there would be no need to say ‘if they knew what Fisk was doing…” 🎯
www.facebook.com/share/1DB5fa...
@rwack.bsky.social @deardean22.bsky.social @kitterface.bsky.social @almasuono.bsky.social #History #BlackSky #Fisk #FiskUniversity #Jubilee
Q: What musical group had the world's first international tour?
A: The FISK UNIVERSITY JUBILEE SINGERS!
October 6, 1871 the famed Jubilee singers set out to raise money for struggling Fisk University + introduce the world to gospel music. Jubilee Hall stands today b/c of their selflessness.
A: The FISK UNIVERSITY JUBILEE SINGERS!
October 6, 1871 the famed Jubilee singers set out to raise money for struggling Fisk University + introduce the world to gospel music. Jubilee Hall stands today b/c of their selflessness.
October 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Miss Zora Neale Hurston by Aaron Douglas (American) - Pastel on canvas / 1926 - Fisk University Galleries (Nashville, Tennessee) #womeninart #art #pastelart #AaronDouglas #artwork #pastel #FiskUniversityGalleries #fineart #AfricanAmericanArt #AfricanAmericanArtist #HarlemRenaissance #FiskUniversity
April 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Miss Zora Neale Hurston by Aaron Douglas (American) - Pastel on canvas / 1926 - Fisk University Galleries (Nashville, Tennessee) #womeninart #art #pastelart #AaronDouglas #artwork #pastel #FiskUniversityGalleries #fineart #AfricanAmericanArt #AfricanAmericanArtist #HarlemRenaissance #FiskUniversity
I am deeply honored to be the 2024 recipient of the Josie R. Johnson Human Rights & Social Justice Award ✨
Both Dr. Johnson and I are proud alumnae of #FiskUniversity 💙💛 & know what it means to be the “first Black woman” in a room.
I will always do the hard work to ensure I’m never the last.
Both Dr. Johnson and I are proud alumnae of #FiskUniversity 💙💛 & know what it means to be the “first Black woman” in a room.
I will always do the hard work to ensure I’m never the last.
November 14, 2024 at 5:43 PM
I am deeply honored to be the 2024 recipient of the Josie R. Johnson Human Rights & Social Justice Award ✨
Both Dr. Johnson and I are proud alumnae of #FiskUniversity 💙💛 & know what it means to be the “first Black woman” in a room.
I will always do the hard work to ensure I’m never the last.
Both Dr. Johnson and I are proud alumnae of #FiskUniversity 💙💛 & know what it means to be the “first Black woman” in a room.
I will always do the hard work to ensure I’m never the last.
Nothing like seeing the Fisk University Gymnastics Team at the Howard University v NCCU basketball game today! My Fiskites make me proud. Her sons and daughters are ever on the altar. #FiskUniversity
February 21, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Nothing like seeing the Fisk University Gymnastics Team at the Howard University v NCCU basketball game today! My Fiskites make me proud. Her sons and daughters are ever on the altar. #FiskUniversity
Remembering @FiskUniversity alum William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, an American sociologist, writer, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist, who joined the elders #onthisday August 27, 1963, in Accra, Ghana.
August 27, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Remembering @FiskUniversity alum William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, an American sociologist, writer, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist, who joined the elders #onthisday August 27, 1963, in Accra, Ghana.
Pre-Med Fisk University students during summer session in 1981 in Nashville, Tennessee
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July 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Pre-Med Fisk University students during summer session in 1981 in Nashville, Tennessee
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April 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Gentlemen from Fisk University and Gulf Oil in 1965 Nashville, Tennessee
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February 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Gentlemen from Fisk University and Gulf Oil in 1965 Nashville, Tennessee
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Born in the aftermath of slavery, Fisk quickly became one of the nation’s leading Black institutions of higher learning.
Knowledge builds futures—even when the world says you shouldn’t have one. INerasable.
#OnThisDay #FiskUniversity #HBCU #BlackEducation #HigherEducation #GoBulldogs
Knowledge builds futures—even when the world says you shouldn’t have one. INerasable.
#OnThisDay #FiskUniversity #HBCU #BlackEducation #HigherEducation #GoBulldogs
January 8, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Born in the aftermath of slavery, Fisk quickly became one of the nation’s leading Black institutions of higher learning.
Knowledge builds futures—even when the world says you shouldn’t have one. INerasable.
#OnThisDay #FiskUniversity #HBCU #BlackEducation #HigherEducation #GoBulldogs
Knowledge builds futures—even when the world says you shouldn’t have one. INerasable.
#OnThisDay #FiskUniversity #HBCU #BlackEducation #HigherEducation #GoBulldogs
#otd in 2000 #FiskUniversity alumna, WWII veteran, civil rights activist, Edna May Griffin died at age 80. Beginning in 1948 she led & organized protests, filed law suits that led to end of discriminatory practices in Iowa businesses.
#hbcuexcellence
#blackhistorymonth
#hbcuhistoryisblackhistory
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February 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#otd in 2000 #FiskUniversity alumna, WWII veteran, civil rights activist, Edna May Griffin died at age 80. Beginning in 1948 she led & organized protests, filed law suits that led to end of discriminatory practices in Iowa businesses.
#hbcuexcellence
#blackhistorymonth
#hbcuhistoryisblackhistory
#hbcuexcellence
#blackhistorymonth
#hbcuhistoryisblackhistory