Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Shirley Caesar, 2009Biographical NotePastor & singer
Scope and ContentsBackground: born 1938 in Durham, NC; education: BA, Shaw University; Duke University (did not complete); career: first break with gospel group the Caravans; pastor of church in Raleigh, NC; personal outlook and philosophy; audience and preaching; reminiscences of time in Caravans with Inez Andrews, Delores Washington, Cassietta George, Albertina Walker, Dorothy Norwood, James Cleveland; performance experience in church vs. Apollo Theater; generation of gospel singers; reflection of gospel music
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Trustees of Columbia University of the City of New York and the Apollo Theater Foundation, 2009
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