Changing America: Mahalia Jackson

December 13, 2012

Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson was the featured artist at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom in Washington, D.C. on May 17, 1957. She appeared twice on the program. Some 27,000 persons from 36 states attended the event.

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