Legends

Some may not know that Bessemer, AL born gospel singer Alex Bradford wrote a song that has lasted over 50 years and recorded by many legendary artists. Bradford was a gospel singer that sold over one...

This gem of a record is from the 1975 Birmingham Community Choir release on Savoy Records. Check out vocals from Verna Sneed, Debra Steele and others. He’s So Real No One Understands Like Jesus Until I...

This gem of an album, Why Can’t I, was released by the Birmingham Community Choir on Nashboro Records featuring gospel talent Isaac Douglass in 1973. This is one of Douglas’ many collaborations with GMWA Chapters across the...

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    Singer Mitty Collier is best known for her sensual orchestrated ballad “I Had a Talk with My Man,” a 1964 Chess single, which ironically wasn’t her highest-charting single. A later single, “Sharing You,” was a Top...

Cleopatra Kennedy Cleopatra Kennedy was a member of the Alabama Christian Movement Choir for Human Rights, which was actively involved in the Civil Rights movement headed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; and toured with the...

Dr. John David Brown Dr. John David Brown was a great director, composer, minister, administrator & educator. He served at Mt. Zion Full Gospel Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL as Pastor of Praise and Worship, Teacher...

Miles College is located in the steel city of Fairfield, AL, near Birmingham, AL. The college was a major force in the Civil Rights Movement with students participating in the sit-ins during the turbulent period in Birmingham’s history. The...

Professor Alex Bradford was born in Bessemer, AL in 1927. He attended Snow Hill Institute in Snow Hill, AL. After leaving Bessemer due to a racial incident, he relocated to Chicago, IL. He later formed various gospel...

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