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The Louisville Story Program did more than talk about Black Gospel music they worked to share it ... preserved and documented ...
For generations, gospel music has been a vital source of strength and resilience for Black Americans, sustaining them through the deepest struggles. From the days of slavery, spirituals and hymns ...
The Black Gospel Archive at Baylor University is the world's largest digital collection of gospel music. Now it wants to collect oral histories around its rare recordings.
Take a look at Baylor University's Archive of Black Gospel Music 01:56. Did you know that the largest register of Black gospel music and preaching in the world is located outside Dallas-Fort Worth?
Wilmer “Little Axe” Broadnax was a Black transman whose tenor voice raised him to fame in the 1940s and 50s during the golden era of traditional Black Gospel music. Born in Houston, Broadnax ...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Gates reveals early tension within the genres as some musicians held to music only of faith and others were comfortable far afield from gospel music.
Gospel music is sacred music because in its embodied expression, we affirm, by the power of the Holy Spirit, that despite the realities of an anti-Black world, we too are children of God.
The history of Louisville’s gospel music has now not only been given a voice but after three years of hard work and meticulous care by The Louisville Story Program it has been digitized, preserved and ...
The Black Gospel Archive houses a physical and digital collection of gospel records from the golden era, roughly 1945-1975. The shelves also display sheet music, record sleeves and other ...
The Black Gospel Archive houses a physical and digital collection of gospel records from the golden era, roughly 1945-1975. The shelves also display sheet music, record sleeves and other ...