
To wrap up Black History Month, Sunday’s organ prelude will be by Betty Jackson King (1928-1994), who taught at Dillard University in New Orleans and in New Jersey public schools. King (pictured) was part of Chicago’s Black Renaissance and was especially known for her vocal works, but this prelude was from her only organ suite. In addition to our service music this season, several hymns on Sunday are also by African American composers, including the classic In Christ there is no East or West, adapted and harmonized from a spiritual by the legendary Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949).

