In ‘Gospel’ docuseries, Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores Black church’s music, ministers
“Gospel” preview event at Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 26, 2024. (RNS photo/Adelle M. Banks)
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Gates reveals early tension within the genres as some musicians held to music only of faith and others were comfortable far afield from gospel music.
