How One Man’s Suffering Inspired an Iconic Hymn of Hope: "Precious Lord, Take My Hand"
May 1, 2025
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On this episode of Our American Stories, Robert Marovich, a writer for the Journal of Gospel Music, shares the story of Thomas A. Dorsey and how the tragic loss of his wife and newborn child in 1932 led him to write the gospel classic "Precious Lord, Take My Hand"—a hymn that would later become a favorite of Martin Luther King Jr.
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