"Spirituals" are the moving songs that were created by African-American slaves to both lament the horrors of life as a slave and speak to personal and religious values that offer hope. When slavery ...

An African American musical group in Michigan that's been singing spirituals since the Civil Rights era is about to give its final concert. A choir in Michigan's been keeping the tradition of African ...

Morehouse Glee Club: “Lazarus rise up, the Lord is calling you. Oh, come forth, Larazus, the Lord is calling you.” BOB FAW, correspondent: The voices of the Morehouse College Glee Club blend perfectly ...

REV. KELLY BROWN DOUGLAS, (Professor of Religion, Goucher College, and Canon Theologian, Washington National Cathedral): This is a very special evening of music, the music of the African diaspora, ...

This much seems clear in the recent remarks by a high-level leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about ...

I’ve talked about many spirituals in these articles that reflect the harsh conditions experienced by the enslaved. Many of the slave songs contain language that commented on their harsh treatment or ...

Introduction. The folk spiritual. Part I. The rise of a jubilee industry -- The jubilee singers of Fisk university -- The Fisk concert spiritual -- Innovators, imitators, and a jubilee industry Part ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PEORIA – The Peoria Historical Society is inviting residents to explore music’s critical role in helping freedom seekers escape ...

The late Sister Thea Bowman, a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration from Canton, Miss., was nationally known for her work to advance the life of her fellow black Catholics in the church. She ...