Butler: The Azusa Street revival... started in April, 1906, with a group of African ... free worship, a touch of the body, bodies touching where you had not had that so much in religious services ...

the sweeping religious revival of the 1730s, that large numbers of African-Americans began to embrace the revival of American Protestantism, says Rex Ellis, associate director of curatorial affairs.

Practices such as call-and-response preaching, gospel music, and rhythmic worship reflect African influences. The African American religious tradition emphasizes community, liberation theology ...

The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. While key figures associated with the American ...

Both slaves and free blacks used music as an accompaniment to work, worship, and celebration ... Music played a key role in African American religious life. Hymns and spirituals, many written ...