The Black Church

Fisk Minstrel Show

The spiritual arrangements of the 1870s, like the ones performed by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, were quite different from the simple folk songs that had a single melody.

Fisk Minstrel Show

1m 36s

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    Cornerstones | The Servant

    2m 37s

    The Servant learned and then taught others how to serve more deeply, not as a slave, but as a free man.

    In this short animated series, Cornerstones: Found Voices of the Black Church, we look at just a few pivotal people who brought the reality of the right to gather, read, sing, worship and share these truths that should have always been self-evident.

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    Cornerstones | The Hymnist

    2m 40s

    The Hymnist sang praises to celebrate the salvation of the soul and to save the body from slavery.

    In this short animated series, Cornerstones: Found Voices of the Black Church, we look at just a few pivotal people who brought the reality of the right to gather, read, sing, worship and share these truths that should have always been self-evident.

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    Cornerstones | The Reader

    2m 20s

    The Reader risked his life to bring to the whole Church what should have never been prohibited.

    In this short animated series, Cornerstones: Found Voices of the Black Church, we look at just a few pivotal people who brought the reality of the right to gather, read, sing, worship and share these truths that should have always been self-evident.

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