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Season 1

(2024)

Overview

From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Gospel explores Black spirituality in sermon and song. From the blues to hip-hop, African Americans have been the driving force of sonic innovation for over a century.

Episodes

The Gospel Train poster

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February 12, 2024

GOSPEL’s hour 1 takes the gospel train north to Chicago, where southern migrants Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson and …

Take The Message Everywhere poster

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February 13, 2024

Starting in the 1940s, GOSPEL’s hour 2 explores the Golden Age of Gospel — the dramatic explosion of Black sacred music…

Take the Message Everywhere poster

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February 13, 2024

GOSPEL’s hour 3 reveals how gospel was going mainstream and family dynasties, many raised in the Church of God in Chris…

Gospel's Second Century poster

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February 14, 2024

GOSPEL’s hour 4 opens in the 1990s, when a new generation of music producers, record executives and artists embraced th…