1851
Charles Albert Tindley, American minister and composer (died 1933)
Charles Albert Tindley, American minister and composer (died 1933)
Charles Albert Tindley, American minister and composer (died 1933)
Charles Albert Tindley
American minister and composer (1851–1933)
- Born
- 1851
Charles Albert Tindley was an African-American Methodist minister and gospel music composer. His composition "I'll Overcome Someday" is credited as the basis for the U.S. Civil Rights anthem "We Shall Overcome". Another of his hymns is "Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There" (1916), as well as "What Are They Doing in Heaven?" (1901).