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Juneteenth is America’s second Independence Day, and commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Though President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, it wasn’t until June 19, 1865, that Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and his troops came to Galveston, Texas, to inform the community that enslaved people were free. The […]
The first few notes of “O Holy Night,” and the Peanuts singing, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” stir the true spirit of Christmas in our souls. We feel this way because many of the Christmas Carols that have become part of the tapestry of our every Decembe...
President Calvin Coolidge turned on the 3,000 electric lights on the first "National Christmas Tree."
12:32 pm UTC Feb. 19, 2021 The famed Jubilee Singers of Fisk University rehearse May 10, 1952, for an upcoming concert. Photo: Robert C. Holt Jr., The Tennessean, Illustration: Brian Gray, USA TODAY Network As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive series, Hallowed Sound. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Steal away, steal away home, I hain't got long to stay here.” In the mid-19th century, you’d hear those words echoing across the fields of O...
The creation, rise and endurance of the Fisk Jubilee Singers — many of them former slaves — is a true American triumph.