BBC R3 Documentary - 'The Fisk Jubilee Singers'
Presented by Bonnie Greer
Broadcast October 27, 2007
Coded from tape at 128/44.1
'The Fisk Jubilee Singers' choir was formed (in 1871),
from former slaves, to raise money for a school. They
toured Britain in the 1870s. British audiences loved
them. In particular the Welsh.
This is the story of how they introduced American Black
Music to the world, challenged racial stereotypes and
sowed the seeds that changed popular music.
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