1945–1981
Biography · Music
Mahalia Jackson
1911–1972
United States
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Biography
Jackson's powerful contralto brought gospel to worldwide audiences, and she sang at the 1963 March on Washington before Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech.
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1925–2003
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