“President Mike McPherson introduces Russell Knighton ’72, a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning Sounds of Blackness, at an alumni reception before the gospel group’s December 17 performance at the State Theater in Minneapolis. The group began in 1969 as the Macalester College Black Choir before changing its name in 1971 to the Sounds of Blackness. The ensemble is led by Gary Hines ’74.”
