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The Gospel Train

Season 1 Episode 1 | 52m 25s

GOSPEL’s hour 1 takes the gospel train north to Chicago, where southern migrants Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe blended the melodic sounds and instrumentation of blues and jazz with lyrics about God’s goodness. Like the blues, gospel would become a commodity, but one built by Black-owned publishing companies like Martin and Morris and sustained by Black audiences.

Aired: 02/11/24 | Expires: 03/11/24
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
Shirley Caesar's 1988 album Live in Chicago features the song "Hold My Mule."
Andre Crouch brought the gospel sound to the music of Michael Jackson and Madonna.
Twinkie Clark performs two of her gospel compositions for Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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.
Mahalia provided the soundtrack and MLK gave the sermon for the 1963 March on Washington.
The legendary Mahalia Jackson provided the soundtrack for the Civil Rights Movement.
Rev. Dwight Andrews discusses C.L. Franklin and what Black preaching is.
Rev. Franklin recorded more than 70 albums of sermons
Dionne Warwick weighs in on what was special about Mahalia Jackson's voice.