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Apr 9, 2024 · Courtesy of McGee Media. The article below, written for BlackPast.org by Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., describes the role of gospel music in influencing almost all other African American musical genres and in turn impacting all American music.
Jun 28, 2022 · Producer AJ Walker talks with Waddles about how Negro spirituals uplifted enslaved Africans brought to this country and how it served as a universal language that helped lead them to freedom. Plus, they discuss R&B singers, past and present, whose musical roots stemmed from the Black Church.
Jan 13, 2022 · Q: Why is it that music has helped fuel so many social justice movements led by Black Americans? This connection between music and protest and activism in Black American culture predates the founding of the American nation.
This course will trace the history of black gospel music from its origins in the American South to its modern origins in 1930s Chicago and into the 1990s mainstream. Critically analyzing various compositions and the artists that performed them, we will explore the ways the music has reflected and reproached the extant cultural climate.
Feb 13, 2024 · February 13, 2024. Tyrel Bell and the Belle Singers in 'Gospel'. ( Courtesy of PBS ) Summary Transcript. A new four-hour docuseries from PBS tracks the history of gospel music, and examines the importance of music in Black spirituality and history.
Feb 6, 2024 · A new PBS docuseries, “GOSPEL,” from Henry Louis Gates, Jr. delves into the origins and influence of gospel music on Black spirituality. Host Stephen Henderson talks with Stacey L. Holman, the ...
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Feb 4, 2021 · Gospel music carries with it a union of the spirituality of those enslaved and the truth of our existence in this land. Black people have used music and singing to tell the story of hope amid pain, promise amid peril, and immovable faith amid adversity.
