Sacred Harp Singing

Singers participate in a Sacred Harp performance in a north Alabama courthouse around 1940.

Sacred Harp gathering at a North Alabama courthouse, circa 1940. A large group of people, dressed in their Sunday best, seated in concentric circles in a spacious room and singing together from a songbook.
Courtesy of Frances Robb

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National Sacred Harp Singing Convention

National Sacred Harp Singing Convention

Denson Brothers

Denson Brothers

Sacred Harp gathering at a North Alabama courthouse, circa 1940. A large group of people, dressed in their Sunday best, seated in concentric circles in a spacious room and singing together from a songbook.

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