FISK JUBILEE SINGERS, THE

FISK JUBILEE SINGERS, THE. Concert choral groups (fl. from 1871 to the present; organized at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee). Fisk University was one of several colleges established by the American Missionary Association after the Civil War to assist in the education of over four million ex-slaves. When Fisk opened its doors in 1866, its all-white faculty included George L. White , who was asked by the university president, John Ogden, to devote his leisure time to instructing students...