# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-albert-tindley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:37:02.823Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-albert-tindley"
name: "Charles Albert Tindley"
slug: "charles-albert-tindley"
description: "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)."
tagline: "American Methodist minister and gospel music composer (1851-1933)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tindley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1851-07-07"
deathDate: "1933-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.87
  momentum:             2.633587786259542
  historical:           7.971637333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "تشارلز البيرت تيندلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Albert Tindley"
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    title: "Charles Albert Tindley"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Albert_Tindley"
    title: "Charles Albert Tindley"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Albert_Tindley"
    title: "Charles Albert Tindley"
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  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B0%B0%EC%8A%A4_%EC%95%A8%EB%B2%84%ED%8A%B8_%ED%8B%B4%EB%93%A4%EB%A6%AC"
    title: "찰스 앨버트 틴들리"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Albert Tindley"
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  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Albert_Tindley"
    title: "Charles Albert Tindley"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump