Chronicles the history of gospel music from the sixteenth century to the present, examining the key figures, events, and religious changes that have impacted its evolution throughout the years.
Uses art, music, and poetry to chronicle the history of gospel music as reflected in the experiences of African-Americans in the United States, from slavery to the twenty-first century.
Fifteen-year-old Diamond Winters, the founding member of the rising star gospel group The Divine Divas, struggles to balance her singing career, cheerleading, dating, and high school responsibilities in Los Angeles.
Presents an introduction to gospel music, explaining what it is, and tracing its history from its roots in Africa and slavery through ragtime, blues, and jazz, to modern American gospel.
Presents the history and origin of gospel music tracing its roots to African slaves and its blending with Christian hymns in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and describesthe golden age of gospel as well as contemporary gospel music of the twentieth century.
