WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Celebrating
Black History Month, TV One will air The Soul of the Nation Gospel
Concert, featuring remarks by First Lady Jill Biden and performances by top Gospel
artists such as JJ Hairston and Tamela
Mann. The prerecorded event will air on Sunday, February 27 at 7
pm EST on TV One's digital platform (http://www.tvone.tv)
and its YouTube channel.
The celebration will be hosted by Grammy-nominated Juan Winans and will feature musical
performances by Madeline Howze,
Tamela Mann, JJ Hairston and The
Morehouse College Glee Club. Closing
the event is Bishop William Murphy,
III, the founder and lead pastor of The Dream Center Church
of Atlanta, one of the nation's
most influential ministries leading the way in worship and
community outreach. The program is sure to bring warmth and solace
to both American and global viewers alike.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the federal
cultural agency that funds research, public programs, and
preservation work in fields such as history, literature, and
religion, will also feature NEH-supported projects and humanities
experts in this year's program. The event will include commentary
from Jesse P. Karlsberg, PhD Senior
Digital Scholarship Strategist, Emory Center for Digital
Scholarship and Southern Spiritual Music expert, Rev. Dr.
James Abbington, representing the
Sounding Spirit initiative, based at Emory
University, digitizing historic American sacred
songbooks.
This year's event marks the first time the program is being
aired in partnership with TV One. "We are honored the White House
and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden
selected TV One to be part of this monumental Black History Month
celebration,'' said Michelle Rice,
president of TV One Networks. Through the decades, U.S. presidents
of both the Democratic and Republican parties have held official
celebrations for Black History Month, where Black leaders,
celebrities, and allies concerned with and for the community gather
for music, dialogue and fellowship.
ABOUT TV ONE NETWORKS
TV One Networks is the hub of Black culture and entertainment
with a broad offering of original programming and classic series,
serving diverse audiences for both TV One and CLEO TV. Launched in
January 2004, TV One currently serves
49 million households and CLEO TV, launched in January 2019, is the sister network available in
44 million households. Each network has a unique audience that
serves viewers with fan favorites from TV One such as Unsung,
Uncensored, Fatal Attraction, ATL Homicide, When Love Kills: The
Falicia Blakely Story, Don't Waste Your Pretty and Urban One
Honors. While CLEO TV, a lifestyle
and entertainment network targeting Millennial and Gen X women of
color, delivers content that uplifts and inspires today's
modern-day woman. Viewers of CLEO TV can expect award-winning
content from both original and acquired series including Culture
Kitchen, Living by Design, New Soul Kitchen, Just Eats with Chef
JJ, It's Me, Julissa, Tia Mowry's
Quick Fix and All Things Adrienne House to Home. Both networks are
solely owned by Urban One, Inc., formerly known as Radio One, Inc.
[NASDAQ: UONE and UONEK, http://www.urban1.com , the largest
African-American owned and operated multi-media company.
About the National Endowment for the Humanities: Created in 1965
as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the
Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature,
philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected,
peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional
information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its
grant programs is available at neh.gov.
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