Martin Luther King Jr. (bottom right) listens to gospel singer Mahalia Jackson during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. But on Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, something ...

One of the little known facts about the Civil Rights Movement is that Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahalia Jackson were great friends. They also worked tirelessly together to spread the message of ...

On April 3, the GRAMMY-winning Kronos Quartet will release Glorious Mahalia via Smithsonian Folkways, a new album honoring the life, voice, and activism of New Orleans–born gospel legend Mahalia ...

While exploring the Historic New Orleans Collection's archives several years ago, Glen Smith, a gospel enthusiast from Ohio, made a remarkable discovery: Little-known recordings of the late great ...

Mahalia Jackson didn't start out with aspirations of becoming the queen of gospel music. She was listening to blues in her earliest days, specifically the songs of Bessie Smith, the empress of the ...

This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Apr. 26, 1971. It is republished unedited in its original form. Tokyo — Modern soul music is the “same old hash warmed over,” says ...

Hurricane Katrina dealt New Orleans' arts community a threefold blow when the grandes dames of downtown theater venues — the Saenger, the Orpheum and the Mahalia Jackson Theater — were shuttered, ...

In reading Eric Feldman’s view on the most significant forgotten historical site in New Orleans, I am reminded of Mahalia Jackson. Nestled in the heart of Uptown New Orleans on Millaudon Street stands ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A new musical celebrating Mahalia Jackson, known as the “Queen of Gospel,” is opening in Wilmington. Cast members Adriana Hough, who plays Jackson, and JaJuan Cofield, who ...

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