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Fisk Jubilee Singers, Neighborhood Concert, May 22, 2009, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This award–winning choir of young men and women from Nashville, Tennessee, preserves the distinctly American tradition of singing "slave songs," known today as spirituals.
Thank you for joining us in our exploration of
African American song. This year's Perelman American Roots program was
designed in conjunction with Honor!
A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy, curated
by Jessye Norman—a Carnegie Hall festival in March 2009.