American Experience; Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory; Interview with Reavis Mitchell, Historian
- Transcript
they should ask our the country in the country in the in this in the regional banks can't really are from its inception of this coup it's insane players from the inception at this preschool and later at the university the faculty and the students who have been very close proximity there was no faculty housing oh no student loans a long lived together they took their meals together and they started to get invested in very valuable for the young for slaves and free blacks to see how the white instructors care of themselves how they present themselves so they would know when they became poor educated hi karen present themselves with the
construction of jubilee hall this continued in that mass instruction entire faculty leone in theory the students leo resided slept in the area there was much commoner dining together in common dining areas and oftentimes a family a squirt of the students they also stay in this one structure it was the entire structure so people truly live together in civil wars the american missionary association when planning its efforts and so wanted to marry when he could build a school that would benefit the large numbers because of national central location with five southern states bordering on because nashville was the northernmost part of the union armies actor or union on his territory were
contraband complicated there was a large population of the doable their national already proved itself also is a city where education could be provided because of no more free blacks would be educated they're so a good strategic decision was made quite accessible point our national location on coal river all into the fact that african americans could avail themselves it may be difficult at what trips were long hours but it was well worth the investment statements today when people discuss the jubilee singers and the two wars i think this often neglected that these will ruin two of these young people were exposed to in conditions in balance and many
times to sickness during that second tour and the first two were several members of the troop would have to return to the campus because they reveal this country assailants even to read jubilation of the whole experience carroll butter chilled and rehabilitation there was a part of the jubilee sailing experience ought to remain difficult throughout these early years for these young people
- Series
- American Experience
- Raw Footage
- Interview with Reavis Mitchell, Historian
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
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- cpb-aacip/15-nc5s757m00
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- Description
- Description
- Reavis Mitchell 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.
- Topics
- Music
- History
- Race and Ethnicity
- Subjects
- American history, African Americans, civil rights, racism, lynching, Mississippi
- Rights
- (c) 2000-2017 WGBH Educational Foundation
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:04:18
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Release Agent: WGBH Educational Foundation
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WGBH
Identifier: barcode7497_Mitchell_03_SALES_ASP_h264 Amex 864x486.mp4 (unknown)
Duration: 0:04:18
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- Citations
- Chicago: “American Experience; Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory; Interview with Reavis Mitchell, Historian,” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed December 27, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-nc5s757m00.
- MLA: “American Experience; Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory; Interview with Reavis Mitchell, Historian.” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. December 27, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-nc5s757m00>.
- APA: American Experience; Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory; Interview with Reavis Mitchell, Historian. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-nc5s757m00