This Martin Luther King Jr. day, the Fisk University Bulldogs will compete against five other teams led by Black women coaches. A year ago, the team was formed at an HBCU . Valencia Jordan, the university’s athletic director, told Nashville 5 that the gymnastics team’s trajectory has helped inspire institutions to think bigger. “I think that one event could have the potential to have a ripple effect that a lot of other institutions that may have thought about it, now they’ll think about it a little more,” Jordan said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fisk University Gymnastics (@fiskugymnastics) Corrinne Tarver says she invited the other five coaches to participate — they did not hesitate. As a result, Jordan believes others who wish to participate in the sport can follow the example of the Fisk gymnasts. “Every single one of them immediately said, ‘I’m in,'” said Tarver . “So it is going to be historic… we’re going to embrace and celebrate what we have and show how we...
