Meet Baylor’s first Prichard Chair in the Study of Black Worship
…r aim to lead the BGMPP into new places through research, scholarship and relationships. Among Newby’s priorities are digitizing the “next generation” of Black gospel music. The “golden age” of gospel (generally considered to be the 1940s and ’50s, the years leading into the Civil Rights movement) dominated early preservation efforts; Newby hopes to pinpoint, digitize and archive as many recordings from the following 20 years as possible. Relation…