
AceHistoryDesk – Today in History – October 26: Mahalia Jackson, the “Queen of Gospel Song,” was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 26, 1911. She was the daughter of Charity Clark, a laundress and maid, and Johnny Jackson, a Baptist preacher, barber, and longshoreman. Her mother died when she was five years old and […]
OTD 1911: Queen of Gospel Song ‘ Mahalia Jackson ‘ Daughter of Maid & Baptist Preacher was born in News Orleans
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