Ella Sheppard
Since I can never rely on Wikipedia to publish the complete article, again I am posting it here, so y'all can get the WHOLE truth! Ella Sheppard (4 February 1851 - 9 June 1914) was a soprano, pianist, composer, and arranger of Negro Spirituals . She was the matriarch of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers of Nashville, Tennessee . [1] [2] [3] She also played the organ and the guitar. Sheppard was a friend and trusted confidante of African-American activists and orators Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass. [4] Ella Sheppard, singer, pianist, arranger of Negro Spirituals, and matriarch of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers Contents [ hide ] 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Legacy 4 References Early life and education [ edit ] A direct descendant of Andrew Jackson , Samuella "Ella" Sheppard was born on Jackson's plantation The Hermitage. [5] [6] Sheppard's father Simon hired himself ...