Fifty years after Jacksons death, Brown whose debut album, released tomorrow, features her takes on Mahalia standards is one of so many who continue to be inspired by her artistry, life story and activism. Instead, Franklin turns How I Got Over into a celebration of a dream that refuses to fade. 'Mahalia': 4 Key Facts About Mahalia Jackson's Life the - Yahoo Who was Mahalia Jackson to Martin Luther King? And it was a song by soul singer Mahalia Jackson that stole the show. Jackson, Mahalia | The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education That familiarity of their friendship came in handy during Kings delivery of his infamous I Have A Dream speech, as 250,000+ people stood in the crowd cheering him on and many more watched live on TV. Even with all that advance planning, 12 hours before the speech, King still wasnt sure what he would say, as he sat in the lobby of D.C.s Willard Hotel with his team. She moved to Chicago at the age of 16 and continued to sing in storefront churches and toured with a gospel quintet. Jackson, the reigning queen of gospel, would continue to perform and adapt How I Got Over the rest of her life. How do you think the current march mirrored or differed from the original? Thats exactly what happened next. So she called to him from the side of the stage, Tell em about the dream, Martin!. Pop music was banned in my home growing up, Brown says. Martin Luther King Jr. Funeral (1968) - YouTube Recalling his childhood days watching from the wings as she performed, Sharpton says that when Jackson sang, her voice would build and build, and her audience would rise with her, to a point where they were overwhelmed. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his famous I Have A Dream speech as part of the March on Washington. ! Thats when Jones said Dr. King looked at Mahalia, pushed his written speech to side, grabbed the sides of the podium and morphed from calm, subdued political speaker, to his full fledge pastor mode as if he was preaching at a small Georgia church, instead of onlive television! It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.. Within a month, Move On Up had shifted 50,000 copies in Chicago; it went on to sell more than 8m worldwide. ILOSM fam heres an interesting Black history fact: We all know that Mahalia Jackson sang the spirituals at Kings March On Washington in 1963, but we may not have known that if it wasnt for the late gospel icon, we would not have Dr. Martin Luther Kings iconic I Have A Dream speech.
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