The lead song of the Civil Rights Movement soundtrack, “We Shall Overcome,” was adapted from the hymn “I’ll Overcome Some Day,” written in 1901 by Rev. Charles Albert Tindley of ...

We sing "Take My Life and Let it Be" to a tune he wrote. From broom-pusher to pulpit-pounder. Charles Albert Tindley was born at Berlin, Maryland of slave parents. Overcoming great obstacles, he ...

The Tindley Temple has been a landmark in Philadelphia for more than a century. To raise money to support the church soup ...