Jubilation! Ambassadors on a Sacred Journey

On October 6, 1871, a troupe of African American singers from Fisk University set out on a revolutionary tour to save their school from financial ruin. Their journey took them north along a route used before by fugitive slaves. Along the way they encountered well-wishers and supporters, along with those who would ridicule and turn them away due only to the color of their skin. As they persevered, their music touched the hearts of a nation still mourning the lost of so many from the Civil War.…