Latest Episodes
GOSPEL’s hour 4 explores how gospel and preaching achieved platinum-selling success.
In GOSPEL’s hour 3, gospel goes mainstream, taking the good news everywhere.
GOSPEL’s hour 2 traces the Golden Age of Gospel from the Lord’s music to the mainstream.
Extras
Rev. Franklin recorded more than 70 albums of sermons
Dionne Warwick weighs in on what was special about Mahalia Jackson's voice.
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. visits the Hampton University Ministers' Conference.
The success of "Move on Up a Little Higher proved that Gospel could be profitable.
Rev. Dwight Andrews discusses C.L. Franklin and what Black preaching is.
Mahalia Jackson recorded on a major label for the first time in 1937, to mixed reviews.
Thomas Dorsey co-founds the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses in 1933.
The legendary Mahalia Jackson provided the soundtrack for the Civil Rights Movement.
How do you spread the gospel to young black millennials motivated by digital activism?
A month after the March on Washington, four little girls were murdered at a Sunday School.
Twinkie Clark performs two of her gospel compositions for Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Mahalia provided the soundtrack and MLK gave the sermon for the 1963 March on Washington.
Andre Crouch brought the gospel sound to the music of Michael Jackson and Madonna.
Shirley Caesar's 1988 album Live in Chicago features the song "Hold My Mule."
