On July 1, 1899, little notice was taken of a baby boy of color, born in Villa Rica, Ga., a small town some 40 miles west of Atlanta. He, one of seven brothers and sisters, was around the church most ...

It was Martin Luther King Jr.’s favorite song: a hymn called "Take My Hand, Precious Lord." It was Mahalia Jackson's performance of this song that captured the heart of Dr. King, with her soulful ...

You know "Glory" by now—after all, it's been one of the talks of the town as of late, and certainly one of Common's most visible hits in some time. The song, written for the film Selma, which follows ...

The favorite hymn of Martin Luther King, it’s been translated into over 50 languages and sung by everyone from Elvis to Leontyne Price, “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” remains Thomas A. Dorsey’s great ...

Many were surprised when Beyonce took the stage at the 2015 Grammys on Sunday, Feb. 8, choosing to sing a gospel hymn instead of one of the sexy tracks off her much-nominated self-titled visual album.

Thomas A. Dorsey wrote the lyrics in 1932 Those who have sung the song include Aretha Franklin%2C Merle Haggard%2C Leontyne Price Dorsey%27s son says he struggled to gain acceptance for gospel music ...

King made the request of Branch as he emerged from Room 306 on the second floor of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968. The civil rights leader and Nobel Prize winner talked with ...

"I felt like this was an opportunity to show the strength and the vulnerability in black men," she said of her showstopping performance It was a performance that triggered goose bumps at the Grammys – ...