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1. www.biography.com › musicians › mahalia-jackson-influential8 of Mahalia Jackson’s Most Influential Moments - Biography

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   Mar 29, 2021 · 8 of Mahalia Jackson’s Most Influential Moments The "Queen of Gospel" used her powerhouse vocals to serenade heads of state and inspire demonstrators for social change. By Tim Ott Published:...

2. www.biography.com › musicians › mahalia-jackson-i-have-a-dreamHow Mahalia Jackson Sparked Martin Luther King Jr.’s 'I Have ...

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   Mar 29, 2021 · But then, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson — whose life was portrayed in the Lifetime Original Movie Robin Robert Presents: Mahalia — stepped into the picture and changed the entire course of...

3. www.blackpast.org › african-american-history › jackson-maMahalia Jackson (1911-1972) - Blackpast

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   Jan 23, 2007 · Quintessential gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, often called the “Queen of Gospel,” was born on October 26, 1911, to an impoverished family in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her father, John A. Jackson, Sr., was a dockworker and barber who later became a Baptist minister. Her mother, Charity Clark, died when Mahalia was five.

4. nmaahc.si.edu › explore › storiesMahalia Jackson: Gospel Takes Flight | National Museum of ...

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   The woman who would one day be called the greatest gospel singer in the world was born in New Orleans on October 26, 1911. Her childhood home was a three-room house in the Black Pearl section of the city. It was a tiny space, home not only to little "Halie," and her mother and brother, but to assorted aunts and cousins, too.

5. www.nytimes.com › 1972/01/28 › archivesMahalia Jackson, Gospel Singer And a Civil Rights Symbol, Dies

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   Jan 28, 1972 · Mahalia Jacksbn, who rose from Deep South poverty to world renown as a passionate gospel singer, died of a heart seizure yesterday in Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, Ill., a...

6. www.npr.org › templates › storyMahalia Jackson: Voice Of The Civil Rights Movement : NPR

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   Feb 8, 2010 · Mahalia Jackson: Voice Of The Civil Rights Movement. February 8, 20101:56 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. By. Sonari Glinton. 6-Minute Listen. Enlarge this image. Mahalia Jackson...

7. www.npr.org › artists › 15355551Mahalia Jackson : NPR

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   Feb 8, 2010 · September 26, 2019 • A contemporary of Rosetta Tharpe, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson had one of the great big, gorgeous voices of the 20th century, the echoes of which can still be heard in...