February 25, 2020 • Almost 40 years since its cinematic release, a restoration brings this documentary featuring Thomas A. Dorsey and Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith back to life. January 7 ...

Thomas Dorsey co-founds the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses in 1933. Thomas Dorsey co-founds the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses in 1933 -- soon the gospel ...

Built in 1890, the church became a catalyst for the popularity of gospel music in the 1930s under choir director Thomas Dorsey. A massive fire in Chicago has destroyed a landmark church.

Now, a local play about Thomas A. Dorsey, originally set to debut Friday, has been canceled because of claims that it violated the famed gospel composer's "right to publicity." A legal expert says ...

Like most obituaries, the death notice for Thomas A. Dorsey offered a lot of facts, but told little of the life behind them. It said that he was the father of gospel music; that he had written ...