 The message of many of the civil rights activists was supported by the message gospel music was putting forth.The new gospel music composed by Dorsey and others proved very important among quartets, who began turning in a new direction.Groups such as the Dixie Hummingbirds, Pilgrim Travelers, Soul Stirrers, Swan Silvertones, Sensational Nightingales and Five Blind Boys of Mississippi introduced even more stylistic freedom to the close harmonies of jubilee style, adding ad libs and using repeated short phrases in the background to maintain a rhythmic base for the innovations of the lead singers.