The Fisk Jubilee Singers listen to their director play an accordion in front of the Hunter Museum in Chattanooga, Tenn., during National Assembly of State Artas Agencies (NASAA) conference. The vocal group was founded in 1871 and then toured the country to raise funds for the foundering Fisk University of Nashville which had an open admissions policy instead of "whites only." That original group, with its coterie of "ex-slave singers" performing "Negro Spirituals," raised enough money to keep the school afloat and to build the first permanent building on campus. They're still going strong 137 years later.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Fisk Jubilee Singers at NASAA Conference
The Fisk Jubilee Singers listen to their director play an accordion in front of the Hunter Museum in Chattanooga, Tenn., during National Assembly of State Artas Agencies (NASAA) conference. The vocal group was founded in 1871 and then toured the country to raise funds for the foundering Fisk University of Nashville which had an open admissions policy instead of "whites only." That original group, with its coterie of "ex-slave singers" performing "Negro Spirituals," raised enough money to keep the school afloat and to build the first permanent building on campus. They're still going strong 137 years later.
