via EEWMagazine: At a time when this new generation too frequently forgets the African-American pioneers of faith who impacted society in remarkable ways, we remember. On this day in 1911, Mahalia Jackson, known as the “Queen of Gospel,” was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and became the most famous gospel singer of her time. Though she is […]
If you don’t know Mahalia Jackson, you don’t know gospel music. If you’ve come in contact Jackson along the way, perhaps as she told you about that great gettin’ up morning, you’ll be thrilled to listen to the 22 tracks on this superb new Mahalia Jackson album, Moving On Up A Little Higher. That’s right. A […]
Forty-five years after Mahalia Jackson’s passing she remains the world’s most famous gospel singer. The Grammy and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was on hand to sing before and after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s landmark “I Have A Dream” Speech at the historic March on Washington, and has influenced everyone from Aretha Franklin […]
Plans to bring the life story of Mahalia Jackson to the silver screen advanced with the announcement of Bill Duke signing on to direct the film. The director of A Rage In Harlem and Sister Act 2:Back In the Habit shared his thoughts: “Getting her story to the screen has been a passion project of […]
Bill Duke brings his years of talent and experience to direct and executive produce The Mahalia Jackson Story, a music biopic chronicling the life of the woman who rose from her poverty and obscurity to become the world’s greatest gospel singer and a music icon and legend. Getting her story to the screen has been […]
Bill Duke brings his years of talent and experience to direct and executive produce The Mahalia Jackson Story, a music biopic chronicling the life of…
Born on October 26, 1911, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Mahalia Jackson started singing as a child at Mount Moriah Baptist Church and went on to become one of the most revered gospel figures in the U.S. Her recording of “Move On Up a Little Higher” was a major hit and she subsequently became an international […]
Everybody knows Imitation of Life. It’s the movie plenty of Black families reference when they speak about the original tearjerkers. When you think about it, it’s amazing that a movie that handled subjects such as race and class in such a real way was released during the beginning of the Civil Rights era. And surprisingly the […]
A new Mahalia Jackson biopic is in the early stages of development and is not to be confused with the film directed by Euzhan Palcy, starring Fantasia Barrino, according to Shadow and Act. This Mahalia Jackson project will be directed by Vaun Monroe, a screenwriter/director and college professor at Columbia College in Chicago, and Chicago filmmaker Ruth L. Ratny, for Joyful Noise, LLC. […]
Gospel music legend Mahalia Jackson, who became widely known for her performance at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy and the funeral of her friend Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been 95 years old today… Possessing a powerful contralto voice, she was referred to as “The Queen of Gospel”Jackson became one of the […]
Praise 1300am remembers Mahalia Jackson on her birthday… FAMILY BACKGROUND: Mahalia was the third child to John A. Jackson, a barber and preacher, and Charity Clark, who died at the age of 25 when Mahalia was four years old. In 1916, her father sent her to live with her aunt Mahalia “Duke” Paul. Aunt Duke […]
Were going way back for this Re-Wind Flashback…This is the late gospel great Mahalia Jackson singing “Lord Dont Move The Mountain” Enjoy video courtesy of GospelVideoTV.com WORLD PREMIERE: Canton Jones “Be Healed” [VIDEO] Thousands Of Men ‘Breaking New Ground’ To Rebuild Lives Recent Posts North Carolina Pastor Sentenced To Prison For Sex Abuse Of Child […]
