9pm Thursday JUBILEE SINGERS SACRIFICE AND GLORY: American Experience - Documentary - The profound and inspiring story of students who battled prejudice and oppression to sing their way into the nation's heart.
In the chaotic decade following the Civil War, a group of young ex-slaves in Nashville, Tennessee, set out on a mission to save their bankrupt school by giving concerts. Traveling first through cities in the North, then on to venues across Europe, the Jubilee Singers introduced audiences to the power of spirituals, the religious anthems of slavery. Driven to physical collapse and even death, the singers proved more successful - and more inspirational - than anyone could have imagined. Narrator: Dion Graham.
