“Sinnerman” was based on a traditional African-American spiritual ... about any popular musician with religious or spiritual leanings. (The list includes Bob Dylan, The Band, Jerry Lee ...
If you are new to jazz, know nothing about jazz, or are jazz-curious, this list is for you. You may have heard of The Real Book, a “fake” book collection of jazz standards. Think of it as a kind of ...
Rev. Wright, a former Marine with a Ph.D., had served as his spiritual mentor. While many white voters seemed surprised, puzzled and shocked by Wright's angry rhetoric, African Americans were less so.
Tazewell Thompson remembers the first time he heard a spiritual. Before becoming a recognized writer and operatic director, Thompson grew up in a convent in New York after being separated from his ...
Further reading: Church is still “too clerical, patriarchal and hierarchical”, says African theologian The spiritual field: The spiritual perspective that the church in Africa can bring to the ...
Unique in appearance and structure, Black people's hair is especially fragile and prone to injury and damage. More than half of African American women will cite thinning hair or hair loss as their top ...
Hutchinson's charges constituted a frontal attack on the spiritual authority ... decisively shaped the American religious landscape. Jarena Lee was likely one of the first African American female ...