GOSPEL with Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Season 1 Episode 2: The Golden Age of Gospel

Feb 13, 2024NR53m7.5

Starting in the 1940s, GOSPEL’s hour 2 explores the Golden Age of Gospel — the dramatic explosion of Black sacred music and the segregated highways of the American South — through the successful careers of Mahalia Jackson, Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin. As the lines between the sacred and secular blur, gospel music becomes the powerful soundtrack of the freedom struggle.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Gospel Train

1. The Gospel Train

Aired: Feb 11, 2024

GOSPEL’s hour 1 takes the gospel train north to Chicago, where southern migra...


Info about GOSPEL with Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary, History