Thurman Ruth
...that in 1955, black promoter Thurman Ruth booked the Selah Jubilee Singers, to perform in a music venue, New York's Apollo Theater, the first gospel group to play commercially?
...that in 1955, <a class="mw-redirect" href="./African_American" id="mwERM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African American">black</a> <a href="./Promoter_(entertainment)" id="mwERQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Promoter (entertainment)">promoter</a> <b id="mwERU"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Thurman_Ruth_(promoter)" id="mwERY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thurman Ruth (promoter)">Thurman Ruth</a></b> booked the <a href="./Selah_Jubilee_Singers" id="mwERc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Selah Jubilee Singers">Selah Jubilee Singers</a>,  to perform in a <a href="./Music_venue" id="mwERg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Music venue">music venue</a>, <a href="./New_York_City" id="mwERk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New York City">New York</a>'s <a href="./Apollo_Theater" id="mwERo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Apollo Theater">Apollo Theater</a>,  the first gospel group to play commercially?