Lineage Lists

History books on Negro Spirituals & Gospel Music from the Antebellum Period to Mid 20th Century

  1. Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry by Sandra Jean Graham
  2. Anointed To Sing The Gospel: The Levitical Legacy of Thomas A. Dorsey by Kathryn B. Kemp
  3. The Spirituals and the Blues by James H. Cone
  4. People Get Ready!: A New History of Black Gospel Music by Robert Darden
  5. Great God A’Mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds: Celebrating the Rise of Soul Gospel Music by Jerry Zolten
  6. We’ll Understand It Better By and By: Pioneering African American Gospel Composers (The “Wade in the Water” Series) by Bernice Johnson Reagon
  7. Shout Because You’re Free: The African American Ring Shout Tradition in Coastal Georgia by Art Rosenbaum
  8. Dark Midnight When I Rise: The Story of the Jubilee Singers Who Introduced the World to the Music of Black America by Andrew Ward
  9. Jazz, Blues, and Spirituals: The Origins and Spirituality of Black Music in the United States, New Edition by Hans Rookmaaker
  10. Deep River and the Negro Spiritual Speaks of Life and Death (Howard Thurman Book) by Howard Thurman
  11. The Rise of Gospel Blues: The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church by Michael W. Harris