Black History: Thomas A. Dorsey – The Father of Gospel Music /Rev. Charles H. Brown – Patriarch, Humanitarian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_A._Dorsey

Thomas Andrew Dorsey (July 1, 1899, Villa Rica, Georgia – January 23, 1993, Chicago). He is known as “the father of gospel music” and was at one time so closely associated with the field that songs written in the new style were sometimes known as “dorseys.”^[1] Earlier in his life he was a leading blues pianist known as Georgia Tom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rev._Charles_Hunter_Brown

Rev. Charles Hunter Brown (aka..Rev. Charles H. Brown and Rev. C.H. Brown)

(Feb. 2, 1907 – Jan. 17, 1996), an American building contractor, religious and community leader, did much to provide affordable housing, employment and on-the-job training, social and spiritual relief for many in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia during the 1940s; and, during and after the Civil Rights Era.