Nina Kennedy Interviewed for Nashville Public Radio
Nina Kennedy (photo by Kathy Ray) In anticipation of the Jubilee Day celebrations scheduled for next month, a producer for Nashville Public Radio reached out to Nina Kennedy to ask about a possible interview to be used as part of a project in recognition of "Jubilee Day," Fisk University's Founders' Day, on October 6th. Classical music journalist Colleen Phelps is on a team at WPLN-FM producing a special for the upcoming 150th Jubilee Day, and is currently working on online content that will be released related to the special . During a short text dialogue, Colleen revealed that she had been watching the documentary film Nina had produced on her father titled Matthew Kennedy: One Man's Journey . Matthew Kennedy had directed the Fisk Jubilee Singers - who are considered to be the founders of Fisk University - from 1957 to 1986. Though the Free Fisk Colored School (named for Union Army General Clinton B. Fisk) was founded by the American Missionar...