The Original Jubilee Singers

Photo shows a studio group portrait of the Fisk University Jubilee Singers, with (from l. to r.) Minnie Tate, Greene Evans, Isaac Dickerson, Jennie Jackson, Maggie Porter, Ella Sheppard, Thomas Rutling, Benjamin Holmes, and Eliza Walker.

The Original Jubilee Singers | Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, The William Gladstone Collection of African American Photographs

Related Lessons

lesson:
Late Reconstruction featuring The Jubilee Singers

Grades: High
Subjects: Social Studies/History

Who were the Jubilee Singers and how do their experiences reflect the final years of Reconstruction in the United States?