e ▁Sing ers , ▁Professor ▁George ▁L . ▁White , ▁Tre as urer ▁of ▁the ▁University , ▁took ▁over ▁responsibility ▁and ▁started ▁North ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 1 ▁with ▁his ▁tr oupe . ▁On ▁April ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 8 7 3 , ▁the ▁J ub ile e ▁Sing ers ▁sa iled ▁for ▁England . ▁They ▁sang ▁for ▁a ▁society ▁in ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁the ▁Queen , ▁who ▁expressed ▁her ▁pleasure ▁in ▁the ▁performance . ▁ ▁The ▁J ub ile e ▁Sing ers ▁were ▁responsible ▁for ▁popular izing ▁the ▁spiritual s ▁written ▁by ▁Wal lace ▁Will is , ▁including ▁" Sw ing ▁Low ▁S weet ▁Ch ari ot ". ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s ▁F isk ▁had ▁an ▁active ▁construction ▁program ▁on ▁campus , ▁which ▁accompanied ▁its ▁expansion ▁of ▁curr icul um ▁offer ings . ▁By ▁the ▁turn ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁it ▁added ▁black ▁teachers ▁and ▁staff ▁to ▁the ▁university , ▁and ▁a ▁second ▁generation ▁of ▁free ▁black s ▁entered ▁classes . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 1 5 ▁to ▁ 1 9 2 5 , ▁F ay ette ▁A very ▁McK en zie ▁was ▁President ▁of ▁F isk . ▁McK en zie ' s ▁ten ure , ▁before ▁and ▁after ▁World ▁War ▁I , ▁was ▁during ▁a ▁tur bul ent ▁period ▁in ▁American ▁history . ▁In ▁spite ▁of ▁many ▁challeng es , ▁McK en zie ▁developed ▁F isk ▁as ▁the ▁premier ▁all ▁Black ▁university ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁secured