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NPR All Things Considered on the Fisk Jubilee Singers and Their Origins During Reconstruction
NPR’s All Things Considered had a segment on Friday celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the Fisk Jubilee Singers at Fisk University during…
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NY Times on How the Fisk Jubilee Singers Helped Save the Black School During Reconstruction
The New York Times today has an interesting story on the history of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Fisk University is one of the oldest Historically…
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Fisk Jubilee Singers Win Grammy for Album Rooted in the Reconstruction Era and Subsequent Struggles for Black Rights
The Fisk Jubilee Singers won the Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album last night for an album celebrating the Sesquicentennial of the founding of…
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