Jubilee Quartet

The Fisk Jubilee group gave more to Fisk University’s name. The songs the group sang were used on slave plantations as escapes so they can sing whatever they want and let their emotions run free.  Later on, what they sang was recognized as Negro Spirituals. They performed all over the world. The First Fisk Jubilee Singers proved that Black people could do more and be more while leaving a new genre. They gave hope to the Black community. The songs they sung were instrumental in the Black community and its existence.  Most know the significance of these spirituals.  These songs have been sung in my church for years. In my Catholic church, these spirituals are sung all the time.  They recognize the significance and want the parishioners to understand as well. The Fisk Jubilee started something that is known even up to my time.  The recognition they got allowed them to get a school building, Jubilee Hall. This is now a national landmark. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, one of my favorite and most sentimental gained a lot of traction when the group performed it in 1909.