Name a prominent Historically Black College established during Reconstruction.

• A. Fisk University
• B. University of California, Berkeley
• C. Stanford University
• D. Johns Hopkins University

Answer: (A)

During Reconstruction, new efforts to educate newly freed African Americans led to the creation of Historically Black colleges. Fisk University fits this pattern because it opened in 1866 in Nashville, Tennessee, founded by the American Missionary Association to educate freedpeople. It quickly became a leading HBCU, known for strong liberal arts programs and for helping launch a broader movement of Black higher education in the postwar era. Its history also reflects the era’s practical efforts to build institutions that could train teachers and leaders from the Black community, with efforts like the Fisk Jubilee Singers helping to fund and publicize the school. The other options aren’t historically Black colleges established during Reconstruction, and they were founded for different purposes in different places.