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‘I’m Glad About It': Louisville Story Program highlights Black gospel music

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The Louisville story program gives a voice to authors and narratives in our city that may be forgotten. They try to hold on to those special pieces of our community that may ...
Essence

PBS’ ‘Gospel’ Celebrates the Impact of Gospel Music

For generations upon generations, Gospel music has been a cornerstone in the Black community. Getting us through slavery, segregation and the modern day trials and tribulations of being Black in ...
Chicago Tribune

Floriene Watson Willis sang in the early days of gospel music. She taught Aretha Franklin a hymn. She’s turning 99.

There are only a handful of people alive today who participated in the formation of modern gospel music in Chicago during the 1930s and 1940s. Fewer still worked directly with the genre’s founding ...