John Newton was a British sailor who once worked on slave ships but later turned his life around. After surviving a violent storm at sea, he felt a deep change in his heart. He left the slave trade, ...

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That sav'd a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears reliev'd; How ...

Landon Jones was the Managing Editor of People magazine from 1989 to 1997. When President Obama turned to the soaring lyrics of Amazing Grace to comfort the grieving families in Charleston, South ...

Amazing Grace might be the ultimate song of redemption, steeped in two centuries of black history, but its writer had also been a slave ship captain. There is no shortage of versions of Amazing Grace.

You know those songs that you just kind of know? You sing along without even thinking about the lyrics. Well, we're going to explore the history of one of these songs today. It's heard around the ...

At the funeral for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, a South Carolina state senator who was killed in the church shooting in Charleston, President Obama broke from his eulogy to sing ‘Amazing Grace,’ a song ...

Many people think they know the story of the hymn,"Amazing Grace." The commonly accepted narrative presents its composer, John Newton, a young English captain of a late 18th-century slave ship, as a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- It has endured for more than two centuries, offering hope to those grieving or searching for meaning to life. With its simple melody and message of salvation, "Amazing Grace" ...

“Amazing Grace”‘s current appearance on movie screens is opportunistic in a number of respects: released during Black History Month and nearly coinciding with the 200th anniversary of the passing of ...

OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network announces "Song & Story: Amazing Grace," a new original film debuting Tuesday, December 21 at 9pm EST/8pm CST starring Bresha Webb ("Run The World") and Getenesh Berhe ( ...