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The Lake County Chapter of the NAACP is hosting a performance and reception from 3 to 5 p.m. March 1 at Lake Erie College’s Royce Hall for the Fine and Performing Arts. “Mahalia Jackson: Born to Sing” ...

Mahalia Jackson didn't start out with aspirations of becoming the queen of gospel music. She was listening to blues in her earliest days, specifically the songs of Bessie Smith, the empress of the ...

Who would have thought that the “Queen of Gospel” – whose inspired singing, for many years, was known to many households in America – would be nearly forgotten only a generation after her departure?

"Mahalia: A Gospel Musical," at Alexandria's MetroStage, resembles a handful of precious gems lovingly displayed in an empty tissue box. This theatrical biography of iconic gospel singer Mahalia ...

The only large thing about the M Ensemble company and its latest production, a gospel musical titled Mahalia, is Charlette Brown-Seward’s voice. And honey, it is a big ‘un. Despite the theater’s ...

The gospel singer was born about 100 years ago in New Orleans, and when she was 16, she traveled the well-worn path up the Mississippi to Chicago.... Mahalia Jackson: Voice Of The Civil Rights ...

In the 1940s and '50s, Jackson was the most famous gospel singer in the world. A new record, Moving On Up A Little Higher, presents never-released... New Album Offers A Varied Introduction To 'Queen ...

1. Introduction: "Miss Jackson and Her Art (Gospel Singing)"; 2. Family Affairs, Part I: The Clarks of Louisiana; 3. Family Affairs, Part II: Black Baptists and Chicago Gospel; 4. Gospel Singing as ...