Summary

Works Progress Administration helps musicians to find jobs in their field during the Great Depression. Opening scene shows orchestra performing in concert at the Toledo Zoo Amphitheater (2700 Broadway St, Toledo, OH 43609, United States) in Toledo, Ohio. Next, an African American gospel choir gathers around a piano and sings the spiritual "Ezekiel Saw the Wheel" led by their female conductor, the famed Blues singer Juanita Hall. Location: Toledo Ohio USA. Date: 1937.

Source CriticalPast
Title: African American choir and other musicians supported by Works Progress Administration programs
Description: Works Progress Administration helps musicians to find jobs in their field during the Great Depression. Opening scene shows orchestra performing in concert at the Toledo Zoo Amphitheater (2700 Broadway St, Toledo, OH 43609, United States) in Toledo, Ohio. Next, an African American gospel choir gathers around a piano and sings the spiritual "Ezekiel Saw the Wheel" led by their female conductor, the famed Blues singer Juanita Hall. Location: Toledo Ohio USA. Date: 1937.
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Date: 1937
Clip ID: 65675023748-H264

Keywords

Work Progress Administration music programs
Toledo Ohio USA
orchestra plays
African American choir sings spiritual
Juanita Hall
WPA
Toledo Zoo amphitheater
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