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James Edward Cleveland (December 5, 1931 – February 9, 1991) was an American gospel singer, musician, and composer. Known as the "King of Gospel," Cleveland was a driving force behind the creation of the modern gospel sound by incorporating traditional black gospel, soul, pop, and jazz in arrangements for mass choirs.
What most African Americans would identify today as "gospel" began in the early 20th century. The gospel music that Thomas A. Dorsey, Sallie Martin, Willie Mae Ford Smith and other pioneers popularized had its roots in the blues as well as in the more freewheeling forms of religious devotion of "Sanctified" or "Holiness" churches—sometimes called "holy rollers" by other denominations — who ...
Black gospel music, often called gospel music or gospel, is the traditional music of the Black diaspora in the United States.It is rooted in the conversion of enslaved Africans to Christianity, both during and after the trans-atlantic slave trade, starting with work songs sung in the fields and, later, with religious songs sung in various church settings, later classified as Negro Spirituals ...
Mary Thea Bowman, FSPA (born Bertha Elizabeth Bowman; December 29, 1937 – March 30, 1990) was a Black Catholic religious sister, teacher, musician, liturgist and scholar who made major contributions to the ministry of the Catholic Church toward African Americans.
Our Lady of Lourdes High School closed in the fall of 1969 and merged with Cleveland Central Catholic High School. [106] The Broadway retail corridor's decline worsened in the 1970s and 1980s. [86] By 1990, just 8,852 people lived in North Broadway, a nearly 45 percent decline in 20 years. [93]
Although she composed and arranged music, she found great fulfillment in being a lyricist. She is admired for having set biblical passages to music. She also penned the popular Gospel song, "Ordinary People," which is included on her 1977 recording, "Let Me Have A Dream" and was also recorded by James Cleveland and the Salem Inspirational Choir ...
Feb 1, 2024; Athens, OH, United States; Mount Zion Baptist Church in Athens was founded over 100 years ago by former slaves. The Mount Zion Black Cultural Center is restoring the building.
Salvatore, Nick, Singing in a Strange Land: C. L. Franklin, the Black Church, and the Transformation of America, Little Brown, 2005, Hardcover ISBN 0-316-16037-7. Ward-Royster, Willa, How I Got Over: Clara Ward and the World-Famous Ward Singers, Temple University Press, 1997, Paper ISBN 1-56639-490-2