Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. Jackson Caesar will be ...

When nine students and a music professor set off on a fundraising tour from Fisk University in Tennessee in 1871, they had no idea what lay ahead. They just hoped their talents as singers and the ...

First Presbyterian Church, like all churches, pays licensing fees for using music in worship (we do it through CCLI and OneLicense). There is no fee required for older music that is already in the ...

The new choir performed its inaugural concert in December. A year ago, Lansing’s Earl Nelson Singers gave their final concert. The group which sang African American spirituals had been performing in ...

On Sunday, Feb. 4, the Rev. Donté Ford will lead a discussion about the historical significance of African American spirituals as they pertain to Black expressions of faith at 10 a.m. at Gary United ...

Some of Ashley Jackson's earliest memories took place at church services she attended with her grandmother. The rising harp player leaned into those experiences for her sophomore album Take Me to The ...

African American Spirituals are songs that familiar to the ear for many. The history of these folk songs tells many stories. Voices from the Past that Resonate: A History of African American ...

An unwavering champion of social justice, Abdur-Rashid was seen as a direct descendant of the revolutionary Black Muslim ...

Jackson conjures up spiritual realms that glide like a raft on calm waters. Her mellifluous tone is augmented at times by extended techniques of her own, like using a pair of socks to partially mute ...