Kirk Franklin has been announced as the 2025 recipient of the Black Music Icon Award presented by the Black Music Collective.

He spent a lifetime in public service and that benefited America. You could say Joe Biden’s relationship with Black America started out somewhat awkwardly. Amid civil rights marches and protests in ...

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Adam Blackstone will return as music supervisor for the Recording Academy Honors event. Blackstone won a Primetime Emmy in ...

The gospel great earned plenty of awards and accolades. His legacy has also had quieter impacts on individual believers like ...

Preacher and gospel singer Sonnie Badu has expressed immense relief and excitement following John Dramani Mahama’s ...

The Blind Boys of Alabama celebrate more than 80 years of gospel in a stirring KNKX studio session performance.

Michael Robertson grew up singing church songs out of hymn books—classics like “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior” and “Lord, I ...

Southern New Year’s traditions blend faith, food, and community, featuring black-eyed peas, collard greens, and unique celebrations rooted in history.

In 2024, pillars of Nashville's country and gospel communities died, as did foundational forces essential to the city's — and ...

For years, visitors pulled into the parking lot of Maranatha Baptist Church in rural Plains, Georgia in the wee hours to queue in the pitch black for Jimmy Carter's Sunday school class.

When Jim Lutzweiler wrote Carter a letter challenging his decision to leave the Southern Baptist Convention, the 39th President of the United States wrote him back. "I enjoyed your entertaining ...