In an unprecedented display of musical dominance, African American Christmas carols have confidently claimed their superiority over all other holiday music. Their unmatched ability to infuse soul and ...

When Dr. Margaret Hudson-Collins was about 5 or 6 years old in Tallahassee, Florida, her father took her and her sister to see Santa Claus at the historically Black college where he worked. To their ...

The sermon in the cradle (W. E. B. Du Bois) A carol of color (Mary Jenness) The Christmas reunion down at Martinsville (Augustus M. Hodges) The children's Christmas (Alice Moore Dunbar) Christmas Eve ...

Many songs celebrating the holiday are written by African Americans — people we know — and whose music has always given us life. Christmas Carols, like all hymns, tell the story of our faith and give ...