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GENEVA IN 1898: Fisk Jubilee Singers coming back to Smith Opera House

There has come upon us a time when we yearn for what we know not, when there are no words within us to compass the slaughter of innocents, nor any ....

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice And Glory

Discover how a group of former slaves saved their school by singing in the decade after the Civil War. The Fisk Jubilee Singers battled prejudice and oppression to sing their way into the world’s heart in a series of concerts in the U.S. and Europe. ....

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Fisk Jubilee Singers Win First Grammy Award in 150 Year History (Watch Acceptance Speech)

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The Fisk Jubilee Singers, founded at the HBCU 150 years ago and instrumental in preserving America’s treasured Negro spirituals, has added another accolade to its rich history – a Grammy Award.
At Sunday’s pre-telecast “Premiere Ceremony,” the vocal group’s “Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)” was named Best Roots Gospel Album, earning them their first-ever Grammy award.
“Hallelujah,” said director
Dr. Paul Kwami in his acceptance speech who has served as the group’s musical director since 1994.
Watch below:
When Fisk University treasurer
George Leonard White assembled the group in 1871 and took them on the road to raise money for the financially-strapped school, the group introduced international audiences to “slave songs” or “negro spirituals.” Among the songs they helped popularize were “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” and “Steal Away to Jesus.” ....

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How the Fisk Jubilee Singers became an American musical institution

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The famed Jubilee Singers of Fisk University rehearse May 10, 1952, for an upcoming concert.
Photo: Robert C. Holt Jr., The Tennessean, Illustration: Brian Gray, USA TODAY Network
As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive series, Hallowed Sound.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Steal away, steal away home, I hain t got long to stay here.”
In the mid-19th century, you’d hear those words echoing across the fields of Oklahoma, as Wallace Willis and other slaves sang while they worked in the state’s Indian Territory. ....

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How the Fisk Jubilee Singers became an American musical institution

The creation, rise and endurance of the Fisk Jubilee Singers many of them former slaves is a true American triumph. ....

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