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Every now and then, a voice can matter. Mahalia Jackson had one of them. Known around the world as the “Queen of Gospel,” Jackson used her powerful voice to work in the Civil Rights Movement. Starting in the 1950s, she traveled with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. throughout the South
On Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, something didn’t quite sound right to Mahalia Jackson as she listened to Martin Luther King deliver his prepared speech during the March on Washington, writes Bev-Freda Jackson. By Bev-Freda Jackson American University School of Public
Though most memorable, King’s voice wasn’t the only one that day 60 years ago. The other voice, the one King listened to belonged to Mahalia Jackson.
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