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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Label Occurrences
Mahalia Jackson canonical 40
Mahala Jackson 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom → hasParticipant → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Jackson → hasNotableBearer → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
When the Saints Go Marching In → notableRecordingBy → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Chicago Black Renaissance → hasNotableFigure → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Mahalia Jackson → name → Mahalia Jackson self-link ⓘ
Mahalia Jackson → birthName → Mahalia Jackson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mahala Jackson
Bessie Smith → influenced → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
The Saints → hasNotableRecordingBy → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Black, Brown and Beige → notableVocalist → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Gospel Music Hall of Fame → notableInductee → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
2nd Annual Grammy Awards → notableWinner → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Thomas A. Dorsey → associatedAct → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Thomas A. Dorsey → influenced → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Providence Memorial Park, Metairie, Louisiana, United States → hasNotableBurial → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
subject surface form: Providence Memorial Park
Queen of Gospel → refersTo → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Queen of Gospel → appliedTo → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Queen of Gospel → honorificFor → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Queen of Gospel → titleHolder → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Mahala → hasNotableBearer → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Mahala → isGivenNameOf → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Move On Up a Little Higher → performer → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Move On Up a Little Higher → recordedBy → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Move On Up a Little Higher → hasNotablePerformer → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Move On Up a Little Higher → isSignatureSongOf → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Take My Hand, Precious Lord → popularizedBy → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Take My Hand, Precious Lord → notablePerformer → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Take My Hand, Precious Lord → performedByAtCivilRightsEvents → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Take My Hand, Precious Lord → associatedWithPerson → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Trouble of the World → notablePerformer → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Trouble of the World → popularizedBy → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Trouble of the World → notableRecordingBy → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
How I Got Over → notablePerformer → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
How I Got Over → popularizedBy → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
How I Got Over → performedBy → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
How I Got Over → recordedBy → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Jamesetta → influencedBy → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
subject surface form: Jamesetta Hawkins
Uncloudy Day → hasNotableRecordingBy → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Apollo Records → signedArtist → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Ol' Man River → notablePerformer → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Bessie → influenced → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
subject surface form: Bessie Smith
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) → featuresPerformer → Mahalia Jackson ⓘ