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Fisk University
Fisk University, founded in 1866 just months after the end of the Civil War specifically to educate formerly enslaved people, is one of the oldest historically Black colleges and universities in the country, and its Fisk Jubilee Singers, formed in 1871, helped introduce the traditional spiritual musical genre to international audiences through pioneering world tours. The Jubilee Singers' historic 19th-century tours, which raised funds that helped save the young university from financial collapse, are credited with popularizing the spiritual as a distinct American musical form and remain one of the most historically significant achievements in the university's founding decades. Fisk's science programs have produced a disproportionately high number of Black scientists relative to the university's small size, including alumni central to the university's celebrated tradition of educational impact well beyond its modest enrollment numbers. The university's Carl Van Vechten Gallery holds one of the most significant collections of African American art at any HBCU, a gift connected to Fisk's historical ties to the Harlem Renaissance, and Fisk's combination of a foundational HBCU history, significant musical legacy, and distinctive art collection has made it one of the most culturally significant HBCUs in the country.
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Sewanee: The University of the South
Sewanee: The University of the South, founded in 1857 by Episcopal dioceses across the American South, sits on a 13,000-acre campus known as "the Domain" atop the Cumberland Plateau, giving it one of the largest and most physically dramatic campus footprints of any small liberal arts college in the country. The university's continued Episcopal Church affiliation and governance structure, in which a group of Southern Episcopal dioceses collectively hold ownership, is unique among American colleges, and Sewanee's School of Theology trains clergy for the Episcopal Church alongside the undergraduate liberal arts college. Sewanee's English department and its literary magazine, The Sewanee Review, one of the oldest continuously published literary quarterlies in the country, have built a strong reputation within American literary circles disproportionate to the college's small size. The university's honor code, extensive wilderness domain available for outdoor recreation and environmental study, and its distinctive Episcopal governance structure have made Sewanee one of the most physically and institutionally distinctive small liberal arts colleges in the South.
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