Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. started to get a little convoluted and pedantic while delivering his remarks, and the crowd’s attention was drifting. At that point, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, who had ...

The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one we honor and celebrate ... speech which revved up the crowd so much that singer Mahalia Jackson, who was in attendance, yelled for King to ...

MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech reflects the importance of a Black community coming together around an agenda uniting civil ...

Recently, we honored Dr. Martin Luther King who made the ultimate sacrifice ... famed gospel singer, Mahalia Jackson shouted to him, “Tell them about the dream, Martin.” ...

As I considered my “Voices” topic for May’s WUN, my thoughts turned immediately to my mother, Bessie L. Walker Roberts. “Miss ...

It was exceedingly rare for a big studio movie in the 1940s to have an all-Black cast, but Cabin In The Sky is the exception.

The annual observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day invites Americans to ... When gospel singer Mahalia Jackson called out “Tell them about the dream, Martin,” he departed from his prepared ...

The talents, experiences, and storied backgrounds of women have played a pivotal role in shaping the landscape of modern ...

For my father, if it wasn’t Mahalia Jackson ... She regularly performed at Santa Cruz’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day marches, the NAACP Gospel Night, American Red Cross Heroes Breakfast and ...