The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter ...

Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory an d variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African American influences are so fundamental to American music ...

This American hymn, which tells of the faithfulness of ... The most well-known hymn version is this one, written in 1967 by the South African songwriter, Sebastian Temple. It has become an anthem ...

Music played a key role in African American religious life. Hymns and spirituals, many written by black composers, accompanied preaching in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and other ...

"Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. Praise the Lord with the lyre, make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! Sing to him a new song, play skilfully on the strings, ...

Christmas hymns sound especially spectacular when ... Go Where I Send Thee” is a traditional African-American spiritual song. The counting aspect of the song — the verses go up to include ...

Tazewell Thompson's "Jubilee," about Fisk University's Jubilee Singers, has its world premiere at Seattle Opera.

The African American Studies program is an interdisciplinary program examining African life and culture, both on the African continent and the diaspora. As a student, you will learn about the African ...

During the Great Depression, African Americans were disproportionately affected by unemployment: they were the first fired and the last hired. After Roosevelt was elected, he began to institute hi ...

Clementa Pinckney and eight parishioners, African-Americans murdered by a white supremacist ... of what may be the most ...

Two churches, across the centuries. Generations after their birth in this nation first envisioned in Philadelphia, both ...

Watts” hymns, while northerners brought "Big City ... is the oldest and continuously active organization founded by African ...