Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A choir sings traditional gospel music. Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller The enslaved Africans who first arrived in the British colony ...

The “Black Church in Detroit” explores the history and influence of Black religious music. For Black Music Month, host Stephen Henderson talks with Rev. Larry Simmons of Baber Memorial AME Church and ...

The Black Gospel Archive at Baylor University is the world's largest digital collection of gospel music. Now, it wants to collect oral histories... Black Gospel Archive fills gaps in gospel music ...

Why gospel music? -- Gospel's African roots -- The rise of spirituals in North America -- What spirituals are, what spirituals mean -- The American Civil War -- Reconstruction, the jubilee singers, ...

South Africa’s Soweto Gospel Choir and Australian DJ Groove Terminator teamed up for an album in 2024 that connected House ...

Its soulful melodies and uplifting messages resonate deeply with listeners across the continent. African gospel music is deeply rooted in the cultural overtones and spiritual aspirations that arise ...

Four years ago, Debora Wondercheck was trying to process scenes of civil unrest in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor taking place nationally and in Orange County, when she ...

The Black Gospel Archive houses records, cassettes and other artifacts from the "golden era of gospel." The archive, inside Baylor University's Moody Memorial Library, also holds an online collection ...

Over the past two decades, Baylor University's Black Gospel Archive has collected and digitized more than 60,000 gospel songs, making it one of the largest digital gospel collections in the world. The ...