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Downhome Gospel: African American Spiritual Activism in Wiregrass Country
written by Jerrilyn McGregory (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2010), 240 page(s)
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written by Jerrilyn McGregory (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2010), 240 page(s)
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Jerrilyn McGregory
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Topic / Theme
African American Music, Gospel
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Gospel, Season 1, Episode 1, The Gospel Train
directed by Stacey Holman, fl. 1999; produced by Stacey Holman, fl. 1999, Shayla Harris, Chelsea Adewunmi, fl. 2018 and Kevin Burke, Inkwell Films, McGee Media, Public Broadcasting Service and Weta Washington, in Gospel, Season 1, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2024), 53 mins
Gospel’s hour 1 takes the gospel train north to Chicago, where southern migrants Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe blended the melodic sounds and instrumentation of blues and jazz with lyrics about God’s goodness. Like the blues, gospel would become a commodity, but one built by Black...
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directed by Stacey Holman, fl. 1999; produced by Stacey Holman, fl. 1999, Shayla Harris, Chelsea Adewunmi, fl. 2018 and Kevin Burke, Inkwell Films, McGee Media, Public Broadcasting Service and Weta Washington, in Gospel, Season 1, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2024), 53 mins
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Gospel’s hour 1 takes the gospel train north to Chicago, where southern migrants Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe blended the melodic sounds and instrumentation of blues and jazz with lyrics about God’s goodness. Like the blues, gospel would become a commodity, but one built by Black-owned publishing companies like Martin and Morris and sustained by Black audiences.
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1950-, Stacey Holman, fl. 1999, Shayla Harris, Chelsea Adewunmi, fl. 2018, Kevin Burke, Inkwell Films, McGee Media, Public Broadcasting Service, Weta Washington
Author / Creator
Stacey Holman, fl. 1999
Date Published / Released
2024
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Gospel
Person Discussed
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1915-1973, Mahalia Jackson, 1911-1972, Thomas Andrew 'Georgia Tom' Dorsey, 1899-1993, Rev. John M. Gates, 1884-1945, Clarence Cobbs, 1908-1979, Kenneth Morris, 1917-1989, Sallie Martin, 1895-1988
Topic / Theme
Baptist, Music composition, Music works, Ministers, Preaching, Black community, Jazz music, Rhythm and blues music, Religious reform, Performing arts life, National Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. Formed, 1895, African Americans
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