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The March on Washington Showcased Sermons and Songs

Season 1 Episode 2 | 2m 50s

The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom would be a showcase for sermon and song. The day's program packed, King only had a few minutes to deliver the speech of a lifetime. And, as always, Mahalia was there to lift him up.

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.
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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.
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.
The success of "Move on Up a Little Higher proved that Gospel could be profitable.