Song Journey: A Retrospective of Gospel Music Composer Reverend William Herbert Brewster
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Maltsby, Portia
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection / Series 1: Program Files
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content: 1982 February 17-19
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content: Box 11, Folder 4-5
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: One in a series of programs including a concert and colloquium highlighting and honoring the work of gospel music composers.  Brewster, pastor of the East Trigg Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee was considered one of the most gifted orators in the country. Born and raised in Tennessee, he became one of the mid-South's first radio ministers on radio station WDIA.  Brewster  wroteitten over two hundred 200 gospel songs including "Jesus Is All," "Peace Be Still," and ALeaning and Depending On the Lord.  Many of his songs are gospel standards and considered treasures in the church.  He was head of the Education Department of the National Baptist Convention and established the Brewster Clinic of Theology in Memphis. This series documents the concert and colloquium "Reverend William Herbert Brewster: Song Journey," held December 17-19, 1982 at the Smithsonian Institution.  The concert and colloquium were sponsored by the Division of Performing Arts and organized by Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, director of the Program in Black Culture (later known as the Program in African American Culture). Audio cassette tapes OTC 408.17.1 - 3 are missing. Program number AC408.17.