During the era of slavery, those who labored in captivity pioneered a musical motif that began as “unaccompanied songs of sorrow and hope," said Everett McCorvey, founder, director and principal ...

In the North Carolina sharecropper’s shanty where Glenn Settle grew up, his mother used to sing the old Negro spirituals to him. Between songs, she told him: “If white and colored folks just got to ...

"It was the spiritual song – or Negro Spiritual – that gave hope to American slaves as they cried out to God, asking him to send a “Moses” to lead them out of their bondage as He did with the Hebrew ...

One of the largest and most significant forms of American folksongs, the Negro spiritual, has a long history in America, but how do these religious songs relate to the music heard in the Black church ...

For the first time, traditional Negro spirituals will be sung as an opera, when Seattle Opera hosts the world premiere of “Jubilee,” on October 12. You can listen to the music and the story of how ...

Negro Spirituals Heritage Day on Sunday, June 22, 2008, 3:30 PM -5:30 PM, at the West Oakland Senior Center, 1724 Adeline Street, Oakland, CA. Doors will open at 3:00 PM. Although unofficial, Negro ...

We’re headed into the last weekend of Black History and The Marsh has just the show for the occasion. “An Evening of Negro Spirituals: Crossing Rivers and Building Bridges through Song” is a solo show ...

(RNS) — ‘Fisk Jubilee Singers are artists and do not limit themselves to just Negro spirituals,’ its director said. ‘There’s versatility in our choice of music when we have celebrations.’ (RNS) — A ...

The late Sister Thea Bowman, a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration from Canton, Miss., was nationally known for her work to advance the life of her fellow black Catholics in the church. She ...

The persimmon tree and the beer dance, 1838 / by William B. Smith (Farmers' Register) -- Uncle Sam's peculiarities; American niggers; Hudson River steam-boat dialogues. 1839 (Bentleys' Miscellany) -- ...

We’re headed into the last weekend of Black History and The Marsh has just the show for the occasion. “An Evening of Negro Spirituals: Crossing Rivers and Building Bridges through Song” is a solo show ...