ICYMI: Warnock Memorializes Gospel Music Legend Richard Smallwood with Resolution and Choir Celebration on Capitol Steps

Last week, Senator Warnock honored the late gospel music icon Reverend Richard Smallwood steps away from the United States Capitol
Warnockjoinedthe choirs of Howard University and Metropolitan Baptist Church in singing one of Smallwood’s most famous songs, “Total Praise”
The Senator also introduced a bipartisan resolution honoring the life and legacy of Smallwood
ICYMI from Complex:Reverend Raphael Warnock Joins HBCU Choirs to Honor Richard Smallwood With ‘Total Praise’

Above: Senator Warnock and the choirs
Washington, D.C.– Last week, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) commemorated the life and legacy of the late Reverend Richard Smallwood. Senators Warnock and Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced a bipartisan resolution honoring Smallwood. Following the introduction of the resolution, Senator Warnock joined the Howard University and Metropolitan Baptist Church choirs insingingone of Smallwood’s most popular songs, “Total Praise”.
Smallwood was born in 1948 in Atlanta and raised in Washington, D.C., he learned piano by ear as a child, studied at Howard University, and later founded the Richard Smallwood Singers (1977). Smallwood was a respected figure in the faith community. He earned multiple honors during a career that included eight Grammy nominations, Dove and Stellar awards, and induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. He is widely credited with helping bridge traditional church music, classical influences, and contemporary R&B textures, crafting arrangements that choirs and soloists still sing today.
See the Resolution text honoring SmallwoodHERE.
More coverage of Senator Reverend Warnock’s commemoration of Reverend Smallwood below:
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