Prince Charles invited a black choir to perform at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding. Pic credit: ©ImageCollect.com/AdMedia Karen Gibson, the founder of the ...

Gwen Davis sings at Berean Baptist Church in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (Fiona Murphy/Religion News Service via AP) NEW YORK (RNS) — On Sunday ...

NEW YORK – When Joseph Oden performs in parish choirs, he said he lets the spirit move him – sometimes he’ll cry, sometimes he’ll dance. Other times, like at the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Black ...

LAYERED LIKE A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HAS LONG HELD THE POWER TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. FOR, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, BOSTON IS REPLETE WITH GOOD MUSIC. I’M NOT ONLY FROM THE UNIVERSITY, BUT MANY OF THE ...

Before it filled sanctuaries or concert halls, collective Black singing carried coded messages, community, and survival. The Black choir didn't start in church. It started in captivity. Dr. Daniel ...

17TH, 1970, GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS INTEGRATED ALL OF ITS SCHOOLS. FORMER STUDENTS AT FIVE, ALL BLACK HIGH SCHOOLS IN GREENVILLE BEFORE INTEGRATION. NOW GET TO ...

EDITORS’ NOTE: The Sunday streets of the borough of churches still vibrate with gospel chords, yet inside many of Brooklyn’s storied Black sanctuaries, the choir lofts have thinned dramatically.

NEW YORK (RNS) — On Sunday mornings in Brooklyn, nicknamed the borough of churches, the muffled sounds of choir singers, hand‑claps and Hammond organs can be heard from the sidewalks. The borough ...