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Through his songs and recordings, Jackson taught blacks and whites alike about Mary McLeod Bethune, the efforts of the NAACP, World War II, and other figures and episodes important to American history. Since school textbooks at that time lacked information on the contributions of African-Americans, Jackson’s songs were often the first time many blacks learned about their culture's heroes. But in treating their subject matter as religious metaphor, many of the songs also appealed to church audiences. This presentation—based on original research and that of historians such as Guido van Rijn, Robert Laughton, and Bernice Johnson Reagon—will chronicle the life and music of Otis Jackson and feature snippets of recordings made of his songs by gospel artists such as the Dixie Hummingbirds, the Soul Stirrers, the Reliable Jubilee Singers, the Evangelistic Singers, and Jackson's own quartet, the Gospel Pilgrims. The recordings were made in the 1940s and 1950s, and in some instances have never been re-issued commercially on CD. Participants will therefore be treated not only to the story of one of black music’s unsung heroes, but to rare recordings and photos, as well."]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["Copyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}}],"summary":{"en":["Songwriter, vocalist, and gospel music entrepreneur Otis Jackson used the medium of gospel music—specifically the musical structure of the jubilee song—to chronicle the achievements of African-Americans at midcentury. Through his songs and recordings, Jackson taught blacks and whites alike about Mary McLeod Bethune, the efforts of the NAACP, World War II, and other figures and episodes important to American history. Since school textbooks at that time lacked information on the contributions of African-Americans, Jackson’s songs were often the first time many blacks learned about their culture's heroes. But in treating their subject matter as religious metaphor, many of the songs also appealed to church audiences. This presentation—based on original research and that of historians such as Guido van Rijn, Robert Laughton, and Bernice Johnson Reagon—will chronicle the life and music of Otis Jackson and feature snippets of recordings made of his songs by gospel artists such as the Dixie Hummingbirds, the Soul Stirrers, the Reliable Jubilee Singers, the Evangelistic Singers, and Jackson's own quartet, the Gospel Pilgrims. The recordings were made in the 1940s and 1950s, and in some instances have never been re-issued commercially on CD. 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