Sujet

Handbill for a performance by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, 1875. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

A paper handbill advertisement for a performance by the Jubilee Singers on March 23, 1875 at City Hall in an unnamed location. The Fisk Jubilee Singers are an African-American a cappella ensemble, consisting of students at Fisk University. The first group was organised in 1871 to tour and raise funds for college. One side of the handbill has the printed title [A SONG FROM FREDERICK DOUGLASS] at the top and then recounts a visit of the Jubilee Singers with Frederick Douglass where he shared a spiritual that he sang while enslaved that inspired him to seek freedom in the North. The lyrics of the song are printed in the center of the handbill. The details for the upcoming performance are printed at the bottom center in large text [CITY HALL / ON THE EVENING OF / TUESDAY, MARCH 23D, 1875. / Tickets now on sale at Stockbridge's]. At the bottom left corner in small print is [Tucker Printing House, Portland.]

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_500

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

167,4Mo (8,7Mo) / 55,1cm x 76,1cm / 6508 x 8988 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building people negro spirituals spirituals Jubilee Hall badges Tucker Printing House black university job music education arts freedom country singing book occupation museum Tennessee design location century profession vocalist singer singers Nashville literature spiritual printer printers concept African American African-American B&W afro-american slavery song songs United States of America Smithsonian Institution 19th century graphic design black & white black and white B W Educational Institution lyrics nineteenth century heritage American America USA scientific institution TGN book cover united states Unknown Frederick Bailey Nashville-Davidson Tennessee cultural heritage Black History Douglass Heritage Art Davidson county National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Frederick Douglass Frederick Augustus Washington Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Fisk Jubilee Singers Fisk University negro spiritual