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From the Fields to the Pews: Negro Spirituals and it’s Influence on Gospel
By AnnaLiza Carey and Karlie Eugene My partner and I researched Negro Spirituals and the important milestones in Black history that shaped musical expression. Spirituals
Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Natasha Tameika Cobbs was born July 7, 1981 in Jesup, Georgia. She is the daughter of Bishop Fritz Cobbs and Lady Bertha Cobbs who led
Howard Gospel Choir of Howard University
Founded in the fall of 1968 by Melanie Russell (Lee) and Rosalind Thompkins (Lynch), the HOWARD GOSPEL CHOIR (HGC) of Howard University is the first
Mahalia Jackson: Queendom Declassified
Title: Mahalia Jackson: Queendom Declassified  OUTLINE Research Methodology: After reading about Mahalia Jackson both in the textbook and through several scholarly sources, it became obvious
Andrae Crouch
Andrae Crouch was born in San Francisco, California to two bi-vocational pastors. He believed that he received the gift of music as a child when his
Israel Houghton
Born in 1972 in Oceanside, CA Turned to the church because of racial tensions at home felt that the church was the only place that
Aretha Franklin
Known as the Queen of Soul Began her career as a gospel singer in her father’s church Released her first album at the age of
The Walls Group
The Walls Group is an American urban contemporary gospel group The Walls Group is based in Houston, Texas The Gospel Quartet consists of four siblings,
Kierra Sheard
Kierra Valencia “KiKi” Sheard is the daughter of gospel singer Karen Clark Sheard (member of gospel singing group The Clark Sisters and the granddaughter of gospel
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