Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

Higginson of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment recognized the term Negro Spiritual in ... Higginson had heard the songs in camps and on marches with colored soldiers. 3 Singing at contraband camps ...

Hymnody (the singing or composition of hymns ... In the late 19th Century a new style of hymnody known as “gospel” emerged. These songs were usually characterised by a strong lead vocal ...