Called the Black Gospel Music Preservation Program ... For example, listen to 1954’s “It Must Be Jesus” by The Southern Tones and hear the unmistakable hook of Ray Charles’ “I Got ...

Until that time national audiences had heard only caricatures of Southern music in the performances of the black-face minstrels ... forms such as Cajun, cowboy, gospel (African- and European ...

WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES JR” February 13, 2025 9:00 – 11:00 pm Explore the Origin of Black Spirituality Through Sermon and Song ...