To say that Mahalia Jackson had a heavenly voice may benefit heaven more than the singer. Jackson might not have invented gospel music, but she popularized it, making it respectable when many of the ...

Both Mahalia Jackson and Harry Belafonte burst upon the national music scene during the 1950s. Jackson (1911-72), “the greatest gospel singer of all time,” as Timothy B. Tyson and Mary D. Williams ...

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 ...

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 ...

MIA IS FROM JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, AND IS THE ONLY CHILD OF JAMES AND VAL JEAN EASTERLING. AFTER HER MOTHER PASSED AWAY IN A CAR ACCIDENT WHEN MIA WAS 15, SHE WAS RAISED BY HER GRANDPARENTS AND A ...

Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson has been “tragically neglected as a major civil rights pioneer,” according to historians Tyson (The Blood of Emmett Till) and Williams, who seek to correct that oversight ...

Prepare to be captivated by the soul-stirring power of gospel music and the inspirational legacy of Mahalia Jackson in FOR THE LOVE OF MAHALIA, a vibrant new musical set to grace the stage at Encore ...

Mahalia Jackson came from humble New Orleans beginnings. Her 13 family members shared a three-room house in Uptown. But she went on to achieve international fame as one of the greatest gospel singers ...