Henry Louis Gates Jr. offers a sweeping narrative that goes beyond gospel music. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-02-25 13:00:00 UTC ]
Comedians, spoken word artists and a gospel choir entertained guests at the launch of Robyn Travis' debut novel Mama Can't Raise No Man at the Hackney Empire in London. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robert Darden is both a scholar and an evangelist of black gospel music, seeking to preserve it through archival work and to write its history. His new book illuminates how spirituals carried messages not only of hope for the next world but freedom in this one. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]