The rising harpist explores spirituals, musical ancestors and the influence of church on her new album, Take Me to the Water.

So I reference baptism spirituals that I heard growing ... about what water means in many of these spirituals? Jackson: African American spirituals were a necessary form of communication between ...

Many African Americans researching their family histories ... Finley said the first black person’s baptism recorded in Mobile was a boy named Jean Baptiste in 1707. He said the boy was 5 at ...

First Corinthian Baptist Church founded a separate nonprofit that employs therapists to bring mental health care to a ...

I think in the African American community ... his community and his congregation — and leading by example. A baptism is performed before Sunday services at First Corinthian Baptist Church.

On 25 November, 2016, this African-Latin American ancestor joined the pantheon ... To some in the crowd, it reminded them of the dove at the baptism of Jesus. But to many Cubans, it was the ...

It ultimately triumphed in the Best Production Design and Best Costume Design categories, with Paul Tazewell becoming the first African American man to win the trophy for the latter category.

Desperate to wound the South African-born mogul, some are charging that — as a naturalized American citizen — he isn’t loyal ... elsewhere insults all who have gone through the civic baptism of a ...