Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry by Sandra Jean Graham

A companion website contains jubilee troupe personnel, recordings, and profiles of 85 jubilee groups. In so doing they lay the foundation for a black entertainment industry whose artistic, financial, and cultural practices extended into the twentieth century. Graham navigates the conflicting agendas of those who, in adapting spirituals for their own ends, sold conceptions of racial identity to their patrons. Ambre Dromgoole REFERENCES Sandra Jean Graham, Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry, Urbana: University of Illinois, 2018, 330 p.

In the first book-length treatment of postbellum spirituals in theatrical entertainments, Sandra Jean Graham mines a trove of resources to chart the spiritual's journey from the private lives of slaves to the concert stage. the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry Urbana: University of Illinois, 2018, 330 p. First brought to the stage by choral ensembles like the Fisk Jubilee Singers, spirituals anchored a wide range of late nineteenth-century entertainments, including minstrelsy, variety, and plays by both black and white companies. Front Cover New book by Sandra Jean Graham (University of Illinois. June 2020 American Journal of Ophthalmology 125 (3):1037-1038 DOI: 10.1093/ahr/rhaa253 Authors: Brian. Spirituals performed by jubilee troupes became a sensation in post-Civil War America. NEW BOOK: Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry June 11, 2018. Spirituals performed by jubilee troupes became a sensation in post-Civil War America. In a companion website to her book Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry, Sandra Jean Graham lists the complete personnel. Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry.

Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry by Sandra Jean Graham