At the end of my first choir rehearsal at the Hampton University Ministers’ Conference in 2017, Professor Omar Dickenson ended the learning session with this quote. Once I started teaching at Oxford College of Emory University, I, too, shared this tradition with my students as a parting blessing. **** "He is a guy who is teaching a Gospel music course who also has a phd in music, grew up surrounded with Gospel music, and even writes his own Gospel songs. In other words, few people could be more

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👏🏾Congratulations to the Tennessee State University New Direction Gospel Choir for taking home two awards, at the How Sweet The Sound Gospel Choir competition this past weekend, in D.C. They won the HBCU Choir Category along with the People’s Choice Award! (🎥 @newdgospelchoir / @tennstateu ) . . . . #hbcu #historicallyblacksince #blackexcellence #gospelmusic #blackculture | Historically Black Since

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