On Sunday mornings when I was growing up in Mississippi, my father, Warren Eubanks, a slender man with skin the color of warm caramel, would take a black and gray Sears Silvertone record player and ...

Growing up in New Orleans, Donna Shears thought all Catholic churches had gospel music. It was only when she moved to Connecticut, she says, that she learned most don’t. But that is changing, and ...

Thomas A. Dorsey is regarded as the father of gospel music. From his piano, he wrote songs such as “Precious Lord Take My Hand,” a popular hymn in the black baptist church. But a recent article in the ...

A woman prays during a Black History Month Mass of thanksgiving Feb. 28, 2021, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Brooklyn, N.Y. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) Lead me, guide me, along the way. For ...

From left: Matt Maher with band members Kenny Butler, Dan Hinze and Kemi Ndolo There is a black sports utility vehicle idling in the parking lot of Yavapai Community College here that features, across ...