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Fisk College makes historical past as the primary HBCU faculty gymnastics program
To get the gymnastics program off the bottom operating, Fisk’s athletic director, Dr. Larry Glover labored behind the scenes with quite a few advisers, together with Rutgers head coach Umme Salim-Beasley and Derrin Moore, the founding father of the main group for inclusivity within the sport, Brown Ladies Do Gymnastics.
For potential faculty gymnasts nearing highschool commencement, discovering a university that fits each their educational and athletic wishes is the largest aim. There are over 80 applications throughout the nation to select from. Nonetheless, for Black gymnasts, there’s something extra to think about; a bit of historical past they will’t be part of.
It was throughout a interval of segregation in america (earlier than the Civil Rights Act of 1964) when many establishments of upper schooling would strictly restrict or flat out prohibit Black college students from enrolling. In response, Traditionally Black Faculties or Universities (HBCUs) had been created to offer equal alternative for folks of shade. There at the moment are over 100 HBCUs throughout the nation for potential faculty college students to select from. None of them, nevertheless, have a gymnastics program.
That’s till now.
