Archived News – June 2020
Jun
23
2020
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” — hymn #351 in the Baptist Hymnal — was written in 1900 and first performed at a celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. A prayer of thanksgiving for faithfulness and freedom, the song quickly earned the nickname “the Black national anthem,” and over the years it became one of the most …
Jun
23
2020
Summer of Solidarity (SOS) seeks to elevate the difficult, uncomfortable but important conversations, regarding race, privilege, violence and conciliation in America.
Jun
23
2020
Summer of Solidarity (SOS) seeks to elevate the difficult, uncomfortable but important conversations, regarding race, privilege, violence and conciliation in America.
Jun
19
2020
Black Gospel Music Expert Shares 10 of the Most Powerful, Enduring Freedom Songs, Protest Spirituals
WACO, Texas (June 19, 2020) – As the protests following the death of George Floyd began to roil the country, it was only a few days before the demonstrators began to sing an array of freedom songs and protest spirituals, as well as a few new adaptations, including Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me.”