Mahalia Jackson

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civil rights activist gospel singer human

Mahalia Jackson was a legendary American gospel singer whose powerful voice and spiritual performances made her an influential figure in the civil rights movement.

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instanceOf civil rights activist ⓘ
gospel singer ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWith Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording ⓘ
birthName Mahalia Jackson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mahala Jackson
burialPlace Providence Memorial Park, Metairie, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1911-10-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1972-01-27 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
familyName Jackson ⓘ
genre Christian music ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
givenName Mahala ⓘ
honor Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
influenced Aretha Franklin ⓘ
Della Reese ⓘ
Mavis Staples ⓘ
influencedBy blues music ⓘ
spirituals ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
name Mahalia Jackson self-link ⓘ
nickname Queen of Gospel ⓘ
notableEvent sang at Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral in 1968 ⓘ
sang at the 1963 March on Washington before Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech ⓘ
notableWork How I Got Over ⓘ
Move On Up a Little Higher ⓘ
Take My Hand, Precious Lord ⓘ
Trouble of the World ⓘ
occupation civil rights activist ⓘ
gospel singer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
performedAt March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
surface form: 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
performedSongAt March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
surface form: "I Been 'Buked and I Been Scorned" at the 1963 March on Washington
placeOfBirth New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
placeOfDeath Evergreen Park, Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States
recordLabel Apollo Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
religion Baptists ⓘ
surface form: Baptist Christianity
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
supportedMovement American civil rights movement ⓘ
voiceType contralto ⓘ
yearsActive 1920s–1971 ⓘ

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Mahalia Jackson → birthName → Mahalia Jackson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mahala Jackson
Jackson → hasNotableBearer → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Bessie Smith → influenced → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Mahalia Jackson → name → Mahalia Jackson self-link ⓘ