As a result, he was able to sing “Amazing Grace” during the Medallion Ceremony, leading to one of the most touching and triumphant moments in country music history. Even after years of therapy ...
Dr Martin Clark, head of music at the Open University ... who delivered the Amazing Grace sermon at the event, said it was an "iconic hymn for black people". "[That is] pretty strange in the ...
The author of the hymn, John Newton, was a former Liverpool slave captain who became a vicar and fervent abolitionist in his later years. “Amazing Grace speaks to the life of a sinner who finds ...
The story of the hymn Amazing Grace and its links with the anti-slavery movement are being explored at a museum in Hull. The touring exhibition at the Wilberforce House Museum opens on the ...