African American Spirituals of the Civil War

Jubilee Singers, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

On March 30, 2016, the Library of Congress hosted a daylong symposium “African American Spirituals of the Civil War” that featured three components:

African American Spirituals of the Civil War: Performance Workshop
“A spirituals performance workshop led by J. Weldon Norris, director of choruses at Howard University and a leading performer-scholar of spirituals. Part of a symposium on African-American Spirituals of the Civil War.”
(46:29), Library of Congress, March 30, 2013

Panel Discussion: The Legacy of Civil War Spirituals
Panelists: Dr. James Weldon Norris, Howard University; Dr. Stephen Cornelius, University of Massachusetts; and Samuel Perryman, Library of Congress.
(46:21), Library of Congress, March 30, 2013

African-American Spirituals of the Civil War: Concert
“A performance by the Howard University Chorale and Baltimore City College High School Choir, as part of a Library symposium on African-American spirituals of the Civil War.”
(1:03:20), Library of Congress, April 4, 2016