Isaac Fisher (educator)
Isaac Fisher (1877–1957) was an African American educator.
Life
He graduated from the Tuskegee Institute. He succeeded Joseph Carter Corbin as principal of Branch Normal College, from 1902 to 1911. During his tenure, the school concentrated on elementary and secondary education of students.[1] He taught at Fisk University and Hampton Institute.
He believed, as did his mentor Booker T. Washington, in industrial education for African Americans.[2]
His papers are held at the University of Arkansas.[3]
Awards
Works
- "The Negro Problem as we are trying to solve it at Tuskeegee", Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends, The Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends, 1891
- Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Presidents of Negro Land-Grant Colleges, 1933 [4]
References
- ↑ http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4136
- ↑ "Isaac Fisher: The Frustrations of a Negro Educator at Branch Normal College, 1902-1911", Elizabeth L. Wheeler, The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Spring, 1982), pp. 3-50
- ↑ http://libinfo.uark.edu/specialcollections/findingaids/fisher.html
- ↑ Organizing Black America: an encyclopedia of African American associations, Nina Mjagkij
External links
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