Clinton Bowen Fisk (December 8, 1828 - July 9, 1890) was a senior officer during Reconstruction in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands and served as the Prohibition Party's presidential candidate during the 1888 presidential election. Fisk University was named in his honor after he endowed Fisk University with $30,000. In addition, he helped establish the first free public schools in the South for white and African-American children.
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8 December 1828 York, New York
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9 July 1890 (aged 61) New York City, New York, U.S.
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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