The Gospel and Race: Prelude

This prelude is intended to be a heart-shaping worship companion to our sermon series "The Gospel and Race".   (0:00) Introduction by Renaissance Worship Director, Tripp Hampton.   (1:14) Awake O Sleeper written by Tripp Hampton, Caleb Hawley and Wendell Wilson. Performed by the Renaissance Church Band.   (4:56) Poetry readings performed by Godfrey Moye, Kyra Riley and Zora Howard. Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1899) My Country 'Tis of Thee by W.E.B. Du bois (1907) Tableau by Countee Cullen (1925) Enslaved by Claude McKay (1922) To America by James Weldon Johnson (1930) Harlem By Langston Hughes (1951) I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free by Nina Simone, Billy Taylor (1963) Caged Bird by Maya Angelou (1983) Rage by Zora Howard (2017)