How African American spirituals confront lies and sustain resilience in today’s political landscape. Live from the American Academy of Religion, Amanda Henderson speaks with Cheryl Townsend ...

With a mix of freedom songs, African American spirituals, gospel music, traditional African folk melodies and reggae, this was a celebration not only of the passengers’ role in helping to ...

When the Czech composer Antonin Dvořák visited the United States in 1892, he believed the future of its so-called classical ...

early African American music would become a unifying and driving force among America's slaves. Spirituals, as many of these songs came to be called, expressed faith in God, helped make work more ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The story of the Negro spiritual is closely linked to the history of African Americans. Spirituals like “Wade in the Water,” “The Gospel Train,” and “Swing Low ...