Picture No 10811162 Date 1870s Description Group photo, Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, USA Details Group photo of the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. They were an African-American a cappella ensemble who toured and performed to raise money for their college which was in danger of closing due to lack of funds. The singers pictured here are (back row l-r): Maggie Porter, E.W. Watkins, H.D. Alexander, F.J. Loudin, Thomas Rutling; (front row l-r): Jennie Jackson, Mabel Lewis, Ella Sheppard, Maggie Carnes and America W. Robinson. Source Unattributed photograph in The Story of the Jubilee Singers, Hodder and Stoughton, 1876 Credit Line Mary Evans / Pharcide