"Freeing the Spirit" concert, photographs, 1971 August 19

File — Box: 1, Folder: 35

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli, Inc. His personal materials include biographical and family ephemera and photographs, as well as materials from Rivers' travels to Africa in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection also features published and unpublished versions of Rivers' liturgy, music, sermons, speeches, and other writings, notably An American Mass program (1963) and A Mass dedicated to the brotherhood of man (1967).

Dates

Creation: 1971 August 19

Creator

From the Collection: Rivers, Clarence Joseph (1931 September 9-2004 November 21) (Person)

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Rivers was the Project Coordinator for this national workshop in music for Black Catholics. He said in the recorded concert album insert, "The workshop's goal was the development of a Black Catholic musical leadership and for the effect of the workshop to spread and for Black Catholics to cooperate even more closely under the auspices of the NOBC for their musical liberation." The faculty included Edwin R. Hawkins, the Edwin Hawkins Singers, Rivers, McKinley Genwright and William Foster McDaniel.