TELL THEM WE ARE SINGING FOR JESUS: THE ORIGINAL FISK JUBILEE SINGERS AND CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTION, 1871-1878

TELL THEM WE ARE SINGING FOR JESUS: THE ORIGINAL FISK JUBILEE SINGERS AND CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTION, 1871-1878Between 1871 and 1878, the Jubilee Singers presented concerts featuring the Negro spiritual that won the applause and admiration of the Western world. The rise and renown of the original Fisk Jubilee Singer form one of the most celebrated stories of post Civil War America. Equally fascinating are the varied, multitudinous influences that converged to catapult them onto the world's stage and into the annals of history. "Tell Them We Are Singing for

and future

's dream of racial unity

including the new generation of heroes building social justice and racial equity in the 21st century

meeting new people

” in 1966

gives context to the obstacles and challenges that helped Misty find her power and achieve success

Porter Braswell shows the way

Black women comprise the heftiest group in the nation--80 percent are overweight

their combined family would eventually number twelve children

our privacy

came to symbolize the ideology of black revolution

"jatta-"wearers wax philosophic about the integrity of their hair