1 jan 1912 ano - Robert G. Jackson

Descrição:

Robert G. Jackson was regarded as one of the best music educators of his time. Under the direction of Jackson, the Western University music department, an HBCU (historically black college and university) in Kansas, had a peak year in 1912 with 153 music students: "They repeatedly won the composition competition held by the Interstate Literary society, founded in 1891 by Langston Hughes' grandfather Charles Langston, in Topeka, Kansas" ~ [source: p.18 in From Spirituals to Symphonies by Helen Walker-Hill].

Robert G. Jackson was also the founder of the Jackson Jubilee Singers, a group that traveled on the Redpath Chautauqua Circuit. The group performed a wide variety of Negro songs. All of the members were high school graduates, and 7 of the 8 were college graduates. Robert G. Jackson was born in Sandersville (Fayette County), KY, and spent some of his younger years in Kansas; he was a graduate of both Lawrence High School and the University of Kansas [source: Jackson Jubilee Singers image description in the Iowa Digital Library].

Source: https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/index.php/items/show/3087