Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) If it’s the closing Sunday night of the Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest, then it’s time to go to church. In what has ...

Explore the origins of Black gospel music, which coming out of slavery, blending with the blues heritage, and skyrocketed to new heights during the Great Migration. From Mahalia to Kirk Franklin, ...

Mahalia provided the soundtrack and MLK gave the sermon for the 1963 March on Washington. The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom would be a showcase for sermon and song. The day's program ...

*GOSPEL, a new four-hour PBS docuseries that explores the rich history of Black spirituality through sermons and songs from executive producer, host, and writer Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The ...

One of the Black history documentaries that I had marked on my to-see list is the recently released PBS “Gospel” series that is hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher ...

Gospel singer Kim Burrell has faced criticism from the entertainment industry after video footage surfaced in which she gives a “homophobic” sermon. The singer, whose vocals appeared on Frank Ocean’s ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) If you’ve ever needed a song to speak directly to your situation—like, really speak to your spirit and help you straighten your crown—then you’ve probably found your way to a Donald ...

Gospel singer Kim Burrell apologized to the LGBTQ+ community for a homophobic sermon she delivered in 2016, in which she called homosexuality a “perversion.” “I want to apologize to the LGBTQ ...

Jerry Zolten does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

The enslaved Africans who first arrived in the British colony of Virginia in 1619 after being forcefully removed from their natural environments left much behind, but their rhythms associated with ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Grammy-winning gospel singer Shirley Caesar, whose sermon-song “Hold My Mule” went viral a few years ago, is suing a Georgia rapper over a remix of her song. The lawsuit, filed this ...