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
The success of "Move on Up a Little Higher proved that Gospel could be profitable.
Rev. Franklin recorded more than 70 albums of sermons
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. visits the Hampton University Ministers' Conference.
Mahalia Jackson recorded on a major label for the first time in 1937, to mixed reviews.
Dionne Warwick weighs in on what was special about Mahalia Jackson's voice.
Thomas Dorsey co-founds the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses in 1933.
Rev. Dwight Andrews discusses C.L. Franklin and what Black preaching is.
The legendary Mahalia Jackson provided the soundtrack for the Civil Rights Movement.
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