RICHARD SMALLWOOD BARRED FROM WHITE HOUSE: Bush administration disinvited him to the Black Music Mon

 

RICHARD SMALLWOOD BARRED FROM WHITE HOUSE: Bush administration disinvited him to the Black Music Month celebration.

 

Richard Smallwood Barred from White House’s Black Music Month

 

Gospel legend and six time Grammy nominee Richard Smallwood, known for such Gospel hits as “Total Praise” and “Center of My Joy,” was recently barred by the Bush administration’s Black Music Month celebration according to an article written by Christopher J. Anderson (gospelcity.com).

     Smallwood spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, where he was invited to perform, about his disdain for the Bush administration and of the incident which left him without a spot on historical celebration of  Gospel Music Month (September) at the White House.

     “The White House called initially and said they were getting ready to celebrate Gospel Music in the month of September and would I be available to come and minister. I graciously said yes,” Smallwood said.

     Smallwood goes on to state that he had been invited before, however he turned the administration down for what he calls the “atrocities of the administration on the lives of African Americans, especially the middle and lower class.” Smallwood further stated that not long after, his assistant Kelvin Leach received a call from the White house stating that because he had ministered at the retirement celebration of Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright in March of this year, the White House thought it best that he not participate in the Black Music Month Celebration and the invitation was withdrawn.

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