(RNS) 'It seems to have picked up some steam within the last couple of years, particularly since the George Floyd murder,' said a spirituals expert about churches offering royalties.
massachusetts that caught my attention. a boston church has come up with an original way to address racial reckoning, paying royalties for songs that have originally been composed by enslaved african people in america. who was the recipient of that money? let s find out. joining me now is susan deselms, and jerami flores, executive director of the hamilton garrett music and arts nonprofit. susan, let me start with you. your united parish church in brook line is predominantly white and have had a tradition of singing songs that have originally been composed by enslaved african people. so tell us briefly about this royalty program and the conversations that led up to creating it. so yes, i mean, we are