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Musicians' Powerful Response to Birmingham Church Bombing

Season 1 Episode 2 | 5m 12s

Less than a month after the March on Washington, four little girls were murdered at a Sunday School in Birmingham. Several days later, a gathering of musicians by the gifted choir master James Cleveland would offer a powerful message of resilience.

Corporate support for GOSPEL was provided by Bank of America. Major funding support was provided by the Lilly Endowment Inc., Gilead Sciences, Inc., the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Emerson Collective and the Ford Foundation. Funding was also provided by members of The Inkwell Society and by public television viewers like you.
Extras
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.
Dionne Warwick weighs in on what was special about Mahalia Jackson's voice.
Rev. Franklin recorded more than 70 albums of sermons
GOSPEL explores Black spirituality in sermon and song.
GOSPEL’s hour 1 follows the sonic influences of blues and jazz music.
Thomas Dorsey co-founds the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses in 1933.
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. visits the Hampton University Ministers' Conference.
In GOSPEL’s hour 3, gospel goes mainstream, taking the good news everywhere.
GOSPEL’s hour 4 explores how gospel and preaching achieved platinum-selling success.
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GOSPEL’s hour 2 traces the Golden Age of Gospel from the Lord’s music to the mainstream.