,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #big  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #i1 #bjai,mr4
 ,hastings 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cooper1  
,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,thompson of          
,mississippi1 ,mrs4 ,mc,bath1 and ,mrs4 
,beatty7 submitted the following        
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,education and ,labor     
,,resolution  ,supporting the goals and 
ideals of ,jubilee ,day4  ,whereas six  
months after the end of the ,civil ,war1
 the ,fisk ,school was established in   
,nashville1 ,tennessee2 ,whereas the    
,fisk ,school was designed by its       
founders to be an educational           
institution open to all1 regardless of  
race or age2 ,whereas the ,fisk ,school 
was incorporated as ,fisk ,university in
 #ahfg2 ,whereas funding for the opening
 of the school was secured through the  
sale of slave paraphernalia2 ,whereas in
 #ahga1 a group of students at ,fisk    
,university formed a choral group1 the  
,fisk ,jubilee ,singers1 with the goal  

of raising money to finance the         
institution2 ,whereas in that same year1
 the ,fisk ,jubilee ,singers took all   
the funds in the ,university treasury   
with them for travel expenses and set   
off on a tour of the ,united ,states and
 ,europe2 ,whereas during their first   
tour1 the ,jubilee ,singers raised      
enough money to preserve their          
university and pay for the construction 
of ,jubilee ,hall1 the ,south's first   
permanent structure built for the       
education of ,african-,american         
students2 ,whereas the ,jubilee ,singers
 introduced the world to the spiritual  
as a musical genre1 emerging as the     
first internationally recognized group  
of ,african-,american musicians2        
,whereas the ,fisk ,jubilee ,singers    
continue to tour and perform and have   
received countless awards and honors2   
,whereas1 on every ,october #f1 ,fisk   
,university celebrates the original     
group of nine students and their music  
professor1 ,george ,l4 ,white1 who      

toured internationally in hopes of      
raising money to save ,fisk ,university 
from closing2 and ,whereas1 on ,october 
#f1 #bjai1 the ,fisk ,university        
community will celebrate its #adhth     
,jubilee ,day3 ,now1 therefore1 be it   
,that the ,house of ,representatives--  
7#a7 recognizes the contributions of the
 ,jubilee ,singers to the ,united       
,states musical landscape2  7#b7        
celebrates the hard work1 perseverance1 
and accomplishments of the original     
,jubilee ,singers and the continued     
success of the generations of ,jubilee  
,singers who followed2 and  7#c7        
supports the goals and ideals of        
,jubilee ,day4