Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry by Sandra Jean Graham

Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry

Sandra Jean Graham

360 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history music challenging informative medium-paced
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Spirituals performed by jubilee troupes became a sensation in post-Civil War America. First brought to the stage by choral ensembles like the Fisk Jubilee Singers, spirituals anchored a wide range of late nineteenth-century entertainments, includi...

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