Kansas City and the Roots of Black Gospel Music
Kansas City has a rich and influential legacy when it comes to the development of Black gospel music. This is its largely untold story.
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Kansas City has a rich and influential legacy when it comes to the development of Black gospel music. This is its largely untold story.
PITTSBURG, Kan. — Several events are planned for the Pittsburg State University campus and community in February as part of the national observance of Black History Month.
Two conductors will lead this new work that combines the traditions of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Black American church.
After only one verified complete performance at Carnegie Hall in May 1941, "De Organizer," the opera by James P. Johnson and Langston Hughes, vanished. The opera was thought to be totally lost until 1997 when the late James Dapogny, a professor at the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theat
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