Yesterday, I went to a workshop on the Fisk University Jubilee Singers. When my mom told me that I was going, I really wasn't all that excited to go. I had been up early (and it was Saturday!), and I really just wanted to go home and get back in bed. However, I went, and it turned out to be extremely educational and interesting. The presentation was all about how a very small group of black singers came together and, in the face of adversity, saved Fisk University (one of the first higher education institutions for African Americans). I learned so much.
My grandmother also went to Fisk and graduated back in 1950. She got to come along and see it all, and they actually recognized her as an alum during the presentation. One man, who was apparently a big professor, brought a piece of sheet music that the Jubilee Singers used in 1872!!! There was just so much history right in front of my eyes. It's so cool when history comes alive right in front of you.
We sing a lot of spirituals in the concert choir at my school, and sometimes I wondered why, but when I saw how important those spirituals were to blacks back in that day, it made so much more sense. It was an eye-opening experience, to say the least.
Sincerely,
A Newly Educated, Self-Proclaimed Nerd
My grandmother also went to Fisk and graduated back in 1950. She got to come along and see it all, and they actually recognized her as an alum during the presentation. One man, who was apparently a big professor, brought a piece of sheet music that the Jubilee Singers used in 1872!!! There was just so much history right in front of my eyes. It's so cool when history comes alive right in front of you.
We sing a lot of spirituals in the concert choir at my school, and sometimes I wondered why, but when I saw how important those spirituals were to blacks back in that day, it made so much more sense. It was an eye-opening experience, to say the least.
Sincerely,
A Newly Educated, Self-Proclaimed Nerd
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