As Americans celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on MLK Day, many spend time reflecting on his iconic ...

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Joy's dad, grandparents, aunts and uncles are all singers. Her grandfather, 94-year-old Elder Goldwire, sang with the acclaimed Savettes, a gospel group out of Philadelphia. Joy's father ...

Lynn Cottam, Amethyst Jackson-Hichson, Gabriella McKenzie, Ivylue Falconer, Pastor Roger Maynard and Stephen Falconer get ready for the Black Country Gospel Choir event However, she was given a ...

According to the lawsuit, an airline worker removed the three plaintiffs and five other Black men from the Phoenix-New York flight after a white male flight attendant complained about body odor.

Members of the Gospel Male Chorus of Southeast Texas are back in the swing of things and are ready for music, fellowship and giving praise to God. The Gospel Concert of the Year is set for Sunday.

The three were among eight Black male passengers who were removed from the plane, and the pilot allegedly announced over the loudspeaker the men were being removed for a body odor complaint.

American Airlines terminated employees who removed three Black, male passengers they said had bad body odor, according to a statement from the mens’ counsel Thursday. Alvin Jackson, Emmanuel Jean ...

You’re going to be a gospel singer,’” she told the Chicago Sun-Times. Her elder sister Delois was the first to gain wider notice, as part of the Roberta Martin Singers, including taking the ...

It was the day after her 94th birthday. “She was one of the world’s greatest gospel singers and I had to learn early in life that I had to share my mother with a lot of people, but to me she ...

Male Black singers from the 50s ... channeled his religious upbringing into gospel-influenced songs with decidedly impious subject matter. His piano-led hits often became anthems for 1950s ...