While an engineering student, Aaron F. Henderson landed a job recording chapel services and performances of the choir for then-Tuskegee Institute. He’d arrive at 6 a.m. to set up microphones and the ...
HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) - For nearly a quarter-century, the American Spiritual Ensemble has toured nationally and internationally with one mission - to keep the American Negro spiritual alive. “As a ...
I was doing some research the other day, and as usual, I got sidetracked off on another subject. I ran across a YouTube video of Sister Rosetta Tharpe singing an old black spiritual, “Ain’t Gonna ...
These songs — the oldest musical expressions of the slave experience in this country — still have a lot to teach us about how we think about death and dignity. By Kaitlyn Greenidge To hear more audio ...
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