How Memphis soul music helped shape the Civil Rights Movement

Memphis soul music became the “soundtrack of the modern Civil Rights Movement" as the city served as a bridge between the ...
Tallahassee Democrat

The Museum of Christian & Gospel Music Receives Official Designation as a Site on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail

NASHVILLE, TN, UNITED STATES, March 2, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Museum of Christian & Gospel Music is now officially designated as a site along the U.S. Civil ...
The Advocate

Ron Faucheux: The changing sounds of era-defining music

Whatever happened to songs that benchmark history and cultural change? For years, songwriters and musicians gave us refrains that defined eras, from stirring hymns to evocative folk ballads and pop ...
Yahoo

How Memphis soul music helped shape the Civil Rights Movement

Moments before he was fatally shot, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called out to jazz saxophonist Ben Branch from the balcony of the Lorraine Motel to request a song. Today, Branch's saxophone rests at ...