University Of Illinois Press Spirituals and the birth of a black entertainment industry, paperback/sandra j. graham

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Graham Spirituals performed by jubilee troupes became a sensation in post-Civil War America.

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.

In the first book-length treatment of postbellum spirituals in theatrical entertainments, Sandra Jea.