Gospel music

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Mahalia Jackson

Dwight L. Moody

Dolly Parton stands at a microphone with arms raised, performing in front of the Christ Church Choir, who wear dark robes with light collars and sing in multiple rows behind her.

Thomas A. Dorsey

Kirk Franklin performs on stage with arms raised in front of the White House, which is lit with purple lights, during a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn.

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Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson, photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1962.

Carl Van Vechten photograph collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZ62-109778)

Dwight L. Moody

Dwight L. Moody

Dwight L. Moody, detail from a drawing by Charles Stanley Reinhart; in Harper's...

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Billy Sunday

Billy Sunday

Billy Sunday in New York, 1917.

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZ62-30152)

Dolly Parton stands at a microphone with arms raised, performing in front of the Christ Church Choir, who wear dark robes with light collars and sing in multiple rows behind her.

Dolly Parton and the Christ Church Choir performing at the Gospel Music Association Awards, 1990

© Rick Musacchio/The Tennesseean/Imagn Images

Gospel singers

Gospel singers

Gospel singers performing during a church service.

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Thomas A. Dorsey

Thomas A. Dorsey

Thomas A. Dorsey, c. 1929.

Frank Driggs Collection/© Archive Photos

Kirk Franklin performs on stage with arms raised in front of the White House, which is lit with purple lights, during a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn.

Kirk Franklin at the White House in 2024

Gospel singer Kirk Franklin performing during a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn...

© Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images

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