ABSTRACT
CELEBRATING 'the centenary of peace and progress' of Britain and the United States of America, the organisers of London's AngloAmerican Exposition contacted Daniel Jenkins of Charleston, South Carolina, in the spring of 1914. His orphanage in that Southern port city rescued Black waifs and strays from the streets and police courts, provided a formal education and trained the boys and girls in practical skills such as laundry, farming, shoe repairs, printing, and music making. Musical groups toured the nation, publicising the Jenkins Orphanage, gaining funds and friends, and exposing the youthful instrumentalists and singers to America. These children were both competent and a novelty, and theatrical impresarios Max and Jules Hurtig wanted them for the London exhibition.1
