Nina Kennedy
Feb 24, 2020
The Fisk Jubilee Singers in Great Britain: 1900-1903
In a letter written in Dublin in 1901, my grandmother mentions that she and the group were filmed with a "cinematograph." Of cours
Nina Kennedy
Feb 21, 2020
The National Museum of African American Music
The curators for the museum had asked me for some materials on my parents, which would be included in the exhibit on the Fisk Jubilee Singer
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Feb 18, 2019
"Matthew Kennedy: One Man's Journey" on "The Noshing with Nina Show"
For our Black History Month presentation for The Noshing with Nina Show, we decided to produce a two-part series on the documentary film Mat
Nina Kennedy
Oct 1, 2018
Valerie Simpson to Receive Fisk Jubilee Singers Heritage Award
Congratulations to pianist, composer, songstress, diva, Valerie Simpson (of the dynamic duo "Ashford and Simpson") who has been se
Nina Kennedy
Jul 9, 2018
The Fisk Jubilee Singers at Carnegie Hall
As you probably know, I am currently going through boxes and papers preparing for the publication of my first book of memoirs. Today I thoug
Nina Kennedy
Feb 19, 2018
Nina Kennedy
Mar 16, 2017
Ella Sheppard
In honor of Women’s Herstory Month we are shining the spotlight on Ella Sheppard: musician, composer, and matriarch of the original Fisk Jub
Nina Kennedy
Oct 7, 2016
Jubilee Day 2016
On this October 6th I am moved to write a little something on the founding of Fisk University on this day in 1866. One of the first schools
