Negro spirituals were created by Africans during slavery and have been passed down from generation to generation. In Baton ...

ARISE, a Wichita singing group that specializes in Negro Spirituals, is traveling to Paris to perform as part of the Black ...

King invoked “Free at Last” from “the old Negro spiritual” during his historic “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C. in 1963, he was drawing inspiration from the songs which had raised spirits ...

OPERA IN THE PARK Portland, in partnership with PLACE, Portland Parks & Recreation’s Community Music Center, and Y.O.U.TH, ...

Dr. Jennifer Rodgers Gordon, mezzo soprano, will be the featured vocal soloist at a benefit concert for the Dunlap Learning ...

W ith winter in full swing families may be looking for ways to entertain the young ones indoors this week and our events list include several family-friendly options from a mandol ...

Among her most iconic works are Troubled Water, The Negro Speaks of Rivers, and her arrangements of spirituals such as He's ...

On Sunday mornings, during worship at a Black church, the sign language interpreter is often the most animated person in the room. Their spirited machinations include hands flying, bodies swaying, and ...

At 17, though, I discovered that there was one place worse than my neighborhood: where I first met my mom. There was another ...

By Chuddy Oduenyi One of Africa’s most accomplished scholars and an eminent traditional ruler Igwe (Prof.) Laz Ekwueme, Eze ...

In 1873, this group of Black student performers from Fisk University captivated Queen Victoria during their European tour with their powerful renditions of Negro spirituals and hymns ... How do you ...