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Dates: during 1954-1954
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...Mahalia Jackson was born in a Negro shack in New Orleans in 1911 and went to work as a washerwoman at 13. Even earlier, the thing she loved best was to sing in the congregation of her Baptist church. "All around me I could hear the feet tapping and the hands clapping. That gave me bounce. I liked it much better than being up in the choir singing the anthem. I liked to sing the songs the folks sing which testify to the glory of the Lord-those anthems are too dead and cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Gospel with a Bounce | 10/4/1954 | See Source »

...Mahalia Jackson Show (Sun. 10:05 p.m., CBS). Starring one of the nation's top gospel singers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Program Preview, Sep. 27, 1954 | 9/27/1954 | See Source »

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