{"id":399,"date":"2022-02-01T13:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ournewsmag.com\/?p=399"},"modified":"2022-03-28T18:38:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T18:38:38","slug":"gospels-influence-on-black-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ournewsmag.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/01\/gospels-influence-on-black-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Gospel&#8217;s Influence on Black History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Iris Raeshaun\/OURNEWS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gospel music, for centuries, has sustained and helped revolutionize the African American race. From Africa to America, gospel music, spirituals, and hymns, invigorated their souls with hope and courage. It\u2019s moving, encouraging, and inspiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Historically, it played an integral role in both the salvation and advancements for enslaved and free African Americans. \u201cIt was and continues to be used as an instrument by the Holy Spirit to comfort and give hope,\u201d explains Lannie Spann McBride, a former music teacher at Jackson State University and Minister of Music at Greater Fairview Missionary Baptist Church where she has served 44 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Slaves sang spirituals such as \u201c<em>Swing Low, Sweet Chariot<\/em>,\u2019 or \u201c<em>Steal Away to Jesus<\/em>,\u2019 or \u201c<em>Give Me Two Wings to Fly Away,\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;to communicate escaping to the underground railroad, uprisings, or deaths. They sang spirituals, passionately pouring out their souls\u2019 miseries and joys to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cThey were telegraphing long before one was made, \u201c says McBride. \u201cGod gave them great, great aesthetic ability to transport something into each other\u2019s souls ad minds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Through its power, gospel music not only provided African Americans an avenue for survival, but its influence upon other cultures bridged gaps, bringing together entities for common good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Former First Lady Elenor Roosevelt orchestrated a stage upon the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for Marian Anderson to sing before 75,.000 black and white attendees, after Anderson wasn\u2019t allowed to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution\u2019s Constitution Hall because she was black. America\u2019s first black opera star, Marian Anderson, was deeply religious and recorded religions-themed albums. She was the United States third-largest opera draw in the 1930s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cThe spirituality of Marion\u2019s songs broke barriers and opened doors for others, such as Leontyne Price. That one event gave African Americans opportunities in all other areas,\u201d says McBride, who describes spirituals as classics, which moves masses of all races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gospel music has also touched the masses through pop, rock \u2018n\u2019 roll, the blues, country jazz, rap, and classical music, as well as through the influences of Elvis Presley, B. B King, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Fantasia and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Seventy-nine year old gospel singer and preacher Shirley Ceasar, rapped the title track, \u201cI Know the Truth\u2019 on her 2012 album \u2018The Power of Gospel\u2019 changing her style but not her message.&nbsp;&nbsp;More recently, in 2020 she wrote and recorded \u201cTake Your Knee Off My Neck\u201d a song she wrote speaking against police brutality against blacks and in honor of George Floyd.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cThough I\u2019m not as strict as I use to be when it comes to singing certain kinds of gospel music, I try to work more and more with younger artists to be relevant and reach them with God\u2019s word through music,\u201d says Caesar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With 11 Grammys, 18 Dove Awards, and 14 Stellar Awards, Caesar is the most influential gospel singer since Mahalia Jackson. In 2007, she celebrated her 40<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;year as a singer and evangelist by releasing her third solo album entitled, \u2018After 40 Years\u2026Still Sweeping Through the City.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Caesar began her career with The Caravans in 1958 and her solo career in 1966. Breaking barriers in her own way, Caesar used gospel music to establish herself as an evangelist and preacher, by delivering mini-sermons in her songs, since women preachers were not allowed in pulpits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bill Carpenter, author of \u2018Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia, sees gospel music as being instrumental in changing the course of African Americans and society in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-28-at-10.15.37-AM.png?resize=300%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-28-at-10.15.37-AM.png?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-28-at-10.15.37-AM.png?resize=1024%2C582&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-28-at-10.15.37-AM.png?resize=768%2C437&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-28-at-10.15.37-AM.png?resize=1536%2C874&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-28-at-10.15.37-AM.png?w=1572&amp;ssl=1 1572w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-28-at-10.15.37-AM.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Visit https:\/\/www.kennedy-center.org\/education\/resources-for-educators\/classroom-resources\/media-and-interactives\/media\/music\/marian-anderson-of-thee-we-sing\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cThings are different now,\u201d says Carpenter. \u201cWe don\u2019t have the kind of Jim Crow segregation like we did in the past. Marion singing at the White House was very unusual for a black person or a woman. Mahalia appearing as an ambassador for gospel on television shows in the 1950s was highly unusual Now, very little is brand new. There\u2019s very few firsts left. I attribute that to Mahalia Jackson, Rosetta Tharp, Thomas Dorsey and others because they swung open various doors of opportunity by using gospel music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1164\" height=\"1564\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-28-at-9.58.41-AM-2.png?fit=640%2C860&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-415 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-28-at-9.58.41-AM-2.png?w=1164&amp;ssl=1 1164w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-28-at-9.58.41-AM-2.png?resize=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1 223w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-28-at-9.58.41-AM-2.png?resize=762%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 762w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-28-at-9.58.41-AM-2.png?resize=768%2C1032&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-28-at-9.58.41-AM-2.png?resize=1143%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1143w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-28-at-9.58.41-AM-2.png?resize=1024%2C1376&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Book received the 2007 NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia<\/em>&nbsp;by Bil Carpenter chronicles the careers of the 650 gospel artists and personalities from 1900 to the present day. With a forward by Edwin Hawkins and an introduction by Mavis Staples, this book is a treasure chest of fascinating profiles on all the influential names in gospel music, including Thomas Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson, the Hawkins family, Clara Ward, James Cleveland, the Winans and more. It also uncovers the histories of gospel artists who may be unfamiliar to many gospel fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Many of the book\u2019s 100-plus interviews reveal stories never published. Author Bil Carpenter relates such fascinating tales as how Philip Bailey\u2019s record label pressed him to make gospel music that sounded like his pop hit&nbsp;<em>Easy Lover<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;and how a sex scandal almost silenced the Boys Choir of Harlem; and how 615-pound Gloria Spencer \u2013 billed as the world\u2019s largest gospel singer \u2013 suffered circus-like exploitation. The book also includes a glossary of gospel terms, trivia tidbits, and lists of the all-time- best-selling gospel recordings, gospel songs that crossed over to R &amp; B charts, and gospel Grammy, Dove, and Stellar Award winners. The first true gospel music encyclopedia,&nbsp;<em>Uncloudy Days<\/em>&nbsp;explores the artist who profoundly influence early rock \u2018n\u2019 roll and soul music and provided inspiration for millions of the faithful.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Iris Raeshaun\/OURNEWS &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gospel music, for centuries, has sustained and helped revolutionize the African 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