CALL & RESPONSE From: Tri-State Defender | Date: April 12, 1995| Author: David Earl Jackson | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Tri-State Defender

04-12-1995

CALL & RESPONSE.

By David Earl Jackson

Sister Rosetta Tharpe raised questions about the boundaries that separated the sacred and secular.

The rhythmic power that was the trademark of guitarist-singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe was fostered in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). Born Rosetta Rubin in Cotton Plant, Arkansas in the early 1920s, she made her debut as 'Little Sister' at age six, singing with her mother...

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