From the Chicago Defender
31 Mar 1917
Raleigh, N.C., March 30 — The Fisk University Jubilee Singers, who appeared here Monday, were a treat. Nearly 500 whites attended. Mr. Hayes of the Fisk Jubilee Singers preached at the First Baptist Church Sunday.
Thomas MacEntee
/ January 24, 2009I’ve actually seen the current Fisk University Jubilee Singers and have several old tracks on some of my gospel CDs – it is music that just isn’t heard enough anymore if you ask me!
Andrew Ward
/ November 23, 2010The Mr. Haye was the great singer Roland Hayes who went on to a very distinguished career in opera and bell canto but always concluded his concerts with spirituals, which he could never sing without tears rolling down his cheeks.