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What’s the right way for Latter-day Saints to sing African American spirituals?

“It’s not about you being like us,” says Black LDS musician. “It’s about you getting lost in the moment and feeling the words you’re singing. That’s what soul music is.”

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The Debra Bonner Unity Gospel Choir sings at the 50th anniversary of the Genesis Group in 2021. Kimberly Applewhite Teitter, assistant director of the choir, says the addition of gospel music to the Latter-day Saint hymnbook shows "our culture belongs here."

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