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Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson Made a Suggestion During the 1963 March on Washington − and it Changed a Good Speech to a Majestic Sermon on an American Dream

By Bev-Freda Jackson, American University School of Public Affairs 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 […]

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