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The Sounds of Struggle
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After George Floyd died, Black musicians raised their voices
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By Henry Louis Gates Jr.
There is a decidedly blessed assurance within the pages of this book. Henry Louis Gates Jr. tells a story that, by his own admission, he hasn’t told until now in the confluence of the COVID-19 pandemic, a continuing surge in blatant police brutality, and emboldened White supremacy. It is a song that has echoed for generations, as people of African descent stolen into slavery sought to fashion a faith capable of sustaining them through inhumane and untenable circumstances, many of which shamefully remain to this day.
Along with its companion documentary series, which aired on PBS last month, this book is the culmination of two years of dialogue with a wide range of individuals both within and outside the church practitioners of the faith along with scholars of history and theology. (For more on the documentary, read or watch
‘Body to body, breath to breath’ Music is “a kind of family love language” for Guthrie Ramsey (right) and his daughter Bridget Ramsey (left). “One of my deepest joys is that I’ve been able to pass that along,” he says.
Before the pandemic set in, Guthrie Ramsey could look forward to weekly attendance at St. Paul’s Baptist Church, where he directed the choir that included his young granddaughters. Musicianship is a family legacy for Ramsey, now the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music, whose grandfather bought a piano in order to expose his seven children to music. It was the height of the Great Depression, but music was always a priority, Ramsey says.