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John Hope Franklin interview about a group of young ex-slaves in Nashville, Tennessee, who set out on a mission to save their bankrupt school by giving concerts. Traveling first through cities in the North, then on to venues across Europe, the Jubilee Singers introduced audiences to the power of spi...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Smith, Llewellyn (Director, Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, 2000.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Fisk University > History.
Jubilee Singers (Fisk University) > History.
Fisk University.
Jubilee Singers (Fisk University)
African Americans > Music > History and criticism.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Choirs (Music) > United States.
Jubilee singers > United States.
African Americans > Music.
Choirs (Music)
Jubilee singers.
United States.
interviews.
Interviews.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Unedited footage.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:John Hope Franklin interview about a group of young ex-slaves in Nashville, Tennessee, who set out on a mission to save their bankrupt school by giving concerts. Traveling first through cities in the North, then on to venues across Europe, the Jubilee Singers introduced audiences to the power of spirituals, the religious anthems of slavery. Driven to physical collapse and even death, the singers proved more successful - and more inspirational - than anyone could have imagined.
Item Description:"Sacrifice and glory"--Remainder of documentary title.
Title from resource description page (viewed September 12, 2017).
Physical Description:1 online resource (28 min.)
Playing Time:00:27:32