Women / Persons ~ P24068
Mahalia Jackson
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Social Networks and Archival ContextAlternate Names:
- Halie
- Mahala Jackson
Gender: Female
Life Dates: 26 October 1911 – 27 January 1972
Types:
- Activist
- Activist, Civil Rights
- American, African
- American (US)
- Performer, singer
Note: Gospel singer, the first to sing at Carnegie Hall. Pioneer in the genre for her jazz influences. Mother died when she was a child. Sang at a Civil Rights rally in Montgomery, Alabama.