"Something Within" Tracing a Womanist Legacy of Self-Possession and Musical Sisterhood in the Life of Gospel Foremother
Tue, Mar 02
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Each year the Pruit Memorial Symposium is made possible by the Pruit Memorial Symposium Endowment that was established in 1996 by Ella Wall Prichard and the late Lev H. Prichard III of Corpus Christi in memory of Helen Pruit Matthews and her brothers, Dr. Lee Tinkle Pruit and William Wall Pruit.
Time & Location
Mar 02, 2021, 3:30 PM EST
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About the Event
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Symposium to Highlight Doris Akers, Lucie Campbell, Fanny Crosby Among Other Female Contributors to Black Gospel MusicThe 2021 Pruit Memorial Symposium at Baylor University welcomes Dr. Mellonee Burnim (Yale University) and Dr. Alisha Lola Jones (Indiana University) along with a panel of distinguished music scholars to explore the contributions of women to black gospel in a series of virtual conversations hosted on Zoom on February 18, February 25, and March 2 at 3:30 p.m.Baylor University presents the 2021 Pruit Memorial Symposium, "Lord, Don't Move the Mountain: Women's Voices in Gospel Songs and Hymns—Doris Akers, Lucie Campbell, and Fannie Crosby" on Feb. 18, Feb. 25, and March 2 at 3:30 p.m.via Zoom.Dr. Mellonee Burnim will deliver the opening keynote addresson Feb. 18 at 3:30 p.m. Burnim, professor emerita at Indiana University-Bloomington, currently serves as visiting professor of ethnomusicology at Yale University. On Feb. 25 at 3:30 p.m., Dr. Horace Maxile,…
