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Parade of Quartets collection

Footage dating from 1980-2011 of the Parade of Quartets television program, an African American gospel program featured on WJBF-TV in Augusta, Georgia.

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Date of Original
1980/2011

Subject
Gospel music--Georgia--Augusta
Gospel music
Gospel musicians--Georgia--Augusta
Gospel musicians--United States
Television broadcasting of music--Georgia--Augusta
African American gospel singers--Georgia--Augusta
African American gospel singers--United States
Gospel singers--Georgia--Augusta
Gospel singers--United States
Caesar, Shirley, 1938-
Mighty Clouds of Joy (Musical group)
Dixie Hummingbirds
Swanee Quintet
African American politicians--Georgia--Augusta
African American politicians--United States
Augusta (Ga.)--Religious life and customs
Augusta (Ga.)--Religion
African Americans--Religion
African Americans--Politics and government
Augusta (Ga.)--Politics and government--20th century
Augusta (Ga.)--Politics and government--21st century
Parade of quartets (Television program)
Religious works

Location
United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484

Medium
television programs
moving images

Type
Moving Image

Description
The collection consists of hundreds of hours of footage from Parade of Quartets, a gospel program aired on WJBF-TV in Augusta, Georgia. This collection documents decades of regional gospel music performances, religious practices, and political activities, and represents possibly the largest collection of gospel performance footage at any North American library. The collection is a rare example of a sustained African American media presence on a southern television affiliate. From 1954 to the present, WJBF-TV in Augusta, Georgia has broadcast the gospel music program Parade of Quartets, forming the backbone of the region's African American gospel music tradition for nearly sixty years. Hundreds of well-known Black gospel musicians such as Shirley Caesar, the Mighty Clouds of Joy, the Dixie Hummingbirds, James Brown, and the Swanee Quintet have appeared on the program over the years. In the last few decades, the program's content has expanded to include appearances by both local and national African American political leaders.

Metadata URL
https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/ugabma_poq

Language
eng

Holding Institution
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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