Sing a New Song

• Published in: Chicago history Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 24 - 39
• Main Author: Marovich, Robert M
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago Chicago History Museum 01.01.2017
• Subjects: African Americans; Baptist churches; Choirs; Classical music; Gospel music; Johnson, James Weldon (1871-1938); Music festivals; Musical performances; Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884); Religious music; Sunday, William Ashley (1862-1935); United States > US; Chicago Illinois

Starting as a porter, he rose steadily, becoming a supervisor in 1934, an assistant superintendent in 1948, and eventually superintendent of Chicago's Hyde Park station, the first African American to serve as a post office branch superintendent.5 Jones's musical fortunes forever changed in...