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…
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…
Ledisi and Lorraine Toussaint have joined the cast, Martin Luther King biopic, Selma. along with Ava DuVernay’s. DuVernay announced via Instagram that Ledisi will play Mahalia Jackson and Toussaint will play civil rights leader, Amelia Boynton in the upcoming film. DuVernay took over the project after funding failed to come together for original director, Lee […]
The march was organized by the “Big Six” leaders of the civil rights movement: A. Philip Randolph, Whitney M. Young, Jr., Dr. Martin Luther King,…
Okay, okay, I know I went waaaay back, but I love Mahalia Jackson. She is a gospel legend and everybody knows this song! And Mahalia is singin it! Enjoy!
*It’s official; Fantasia will play the role of Mahalia Jackson in the upcoming film “Mahalia” based on Jules Schwerin’s 1993 book, “Got to Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel.” According to the New York Post, the budget for the production is $23.9 million and the singer will earn a percentage of the film’s gross […]
