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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.
More About This Collection
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.
Language
eng
Holding Institution
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
![Parade of Quartets. [unknown episode]](https://dlg.usg.edu/thumbnails/ugabma/poq/ugabma_poq_poq-0274.jpg)
![Parade of Quartets. [unknown episode]](https://dlg.usg.edu/thumbnails/ugabma/poq/ugabma_poq_poq-0267.jpg)
![Parade of Quartets. [2000-10]](https://dlg.usg.edu/thumbnails/ugabma/poq/ugabma_poq_poq-0265.jpg)
![Parade of Quartets. [unknown episode]](https://dlg.usg.edu/thumbnails/ugabma/poq/ugabma_poq_poq-0262.jpg)
![Parade of Quartets. [2000-01-23]](https://dlg.usg.edu/thumbnails/ugabma/poq/ugabma_poq_poq-0273.jpg)
![Parade of Quartets. [1999-12-05]](https://dlg.usg.edu/thumbnails/ugabma/poq/ugabma_poq_poq-0401.jpg)
![Parade of Quartets. [unknown episode]](https://dlg.usg.edu/thumbnails/ugabma/poq/ugabma_poq_poq-0418.jpg)
![Parade of Quartets. [unknown episode]](https://dlg.usg.edu/thumbnails/ugabma/poq/ugabma_poq_poq-0400.jpg)
![Parade of Quartets. [unknown episode]](https://dlg.usg.edu/thumbnails/ugabma/poq/ugabma_poq_poq-0409.jpg)
![Parade of Quartets. [1999-06-20]](https://dlg.usg.edu/thumbnails/ugabma/poq/ugabma_poq_poq-0402.jpg)