Fisk Jubilee Singers

Fisk Jubilee Singers

African American a Cappella Ensemble, Fisk Jubilee Singers, began in 1871 as a source for raising funds for Fisk University. They toured the US and Europe during the 1870's and raised $60,000 in  America and $150,000 in Europe for the Fisk University which was almost bankrupt. Later incarnations of the Ensemble went on to Record Library of Congress regarded pieces. Please take a listen here and have a sweet Wednesday: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (1909)

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Background information
Name: Fisk Jubilee Singers  Origin: US Original members Isaac Dickerson, Ben Holmes, Greene Evans, Thomas Rutling, Ella Sheppard, Maggie L. Porter , Minnie Tate, Jennie Jackson and Eliza Walker