This performance was performed in April to a sold-out crowd and is inspired by the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabelle Wilkerson.

Take a look at the life of America’s most famous gospel singer who struggled through the iron fist of her aunt and later found acceptance among churchgoers who didn’t approve of her shouting and clapping for Jesus.

Take a look at the life of America’s most famous gospel singer who struggled through the iron fist of her aunt and later found acceptance among churchgoers who didn’t approve of her shouting and clapping for Jesus.

Take a look at the life of America’s most famous gospel singer who struggled through the iron fist of her aunt and later found acceptance among churchgoers who didn’t approve of her shouting and clapping for Jesus.

Take a look at the life of America’s most famous gospel singer who struggled through the iron fist of her aunt and later found acceptance among churchgoers who didn’t approve of her shouting and clapping for Jesus.

Take a look at the life of America’s most famous gospel singer who struggled through the iron fist of her aunt and later found acceptance among churchgoers who didn’t approve of her shouting and clapping for Jesus.

Take a look at the life of America’s most famous gospel singer who struggled through the iron fist of her aunt and later found acceptance among churchgoers who didn’t approve of her shouting and clapping for Jesus.