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Homework Questions for Reading Assignment 10 (Cultural History (USA); Biographical):

Graham, Sandra Graham. “On the Road to Freedom: The Contracts of the Fisk Jubilee Singers,” American
Music 24/1 (spring 2006), 1-29.
Listen/view: Fisk Jubilee Singers

1. How is the article organized?

2. What are the years of the American Civil War?

3. When was Fisk University founded?

4. What kind of music did the Jubilee singers initially perform?

5. What kind of music did they become famous for?

6. What were the singers’ annual salaries in 1871-72? _____1873-74? _____And 1875-76-78?__________

7. Describe the differences between George White’s treatment of the singers and Cravath’s.

8. For each clause, list an example of how it was or was not fulfilled.

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