Andrew Ward. Dark midnight when I rise : the story of the Jubilee Singers. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000
J. B. T. Marsh. The story of the Jubilee Singers; with their songs. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1880. Various editions.
Thomas G. Gregory, Christina M. McVay and Dennis R. Sutton. Ravenna: a bicentennial album of nineteenth-century photographs. Ravenna, Ohio: Portage County Historical Society, c1999. Contains a few photos of Loudin, his family and the Loudin home in Ravenna, with text.
Norman C. Stikes, Sr. Frederick J. Loudin: a man for all times. Ravenna, Ohio: the author, no date. An essay with illustrations. Available from the Portage County Historical Society.
The American Experience: The Jubilee Singers
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/singers/
Online companion to the film.
Fred Loudin's Wife, Otira, Singers, Employees
http://hierographics.org/yourhistoryonline/loudin_home_singers_employees.htm
Images from the collection of the Portage County Historical Society.
Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 2000. The American Experience series. VHS.
Fisk Jubilee Singers. In bright mansions. Nashville, TN: Curb Records, 2003. Enhanced CD.
Deborah Hopkinson. A band of angels: a story inspired by the Jubilee Singers. New York, N.Y.: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1999
Jubilee songs: as sung by the Jubilee Singers, of Fisk University, (Nashville, Tenn.) under the auspices of the American Missionary Association. New York, Chicago: Biglow & Main, c1872
James Welden Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson, compilers. The Books of American Negro spirituals. New York: Viking Press, 1940
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The home of Frederick J. Loudin and family, called by Loudin "Otira" after a town in New Zealand. 401 S. Walnut Street in Ravenna. Photo, Jeff Farmer.