Negro spirituals were created by Africans during slavery and have been passed down from generation to generation. In Baton ...

Flowers have long been a powerful form of expression in African American culture, carrying deep meanings in celebrations, ...

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...

2, at 1 p.m. Dunn-Powell will focus on her expertise on African American spirituals in a virtual class presented by Stanford professor Paul Phillips. The event is free and open to the public but ...

Witnesses report that classics such as Silent Night are now seeking mentorship to master the soulfulness that African American spirituals exude effortlessly. These songs, born from centuries of ...

Here’s a guide to the 2025 Bach Festival, the 90th. It’s a double celebration this year as John Sinclair marks 35 years as ...

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 ...

Preston Wilson, will be hosting a masterclass afterward at the museum to delve deeper into their historic group and the storytelling in African American spirituals. "I first heard them (Fisk ...