Martin Luther King Jr. (bottom right) listens to gospel singer Mahalia Jackson during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Bob Parent/Getty ImagesEvery now and then, a voice can matter. Mahalia Jackson had one of them. Known around the world as the “Queen of Gospel,” Jackson used her powerful voice to work in the Civil Rights Movement. Starting in the 1950s, she traveled with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. throughout the South and heard him preach in Black churches about a vision that only he
A gospel singer gave testimony in the Bishop Stephen Zondo rape trial as he was once fingered as the alleged rapist, but the victim however told a radio station that it was allegedly Zondo instead.
The recognition comes hot off the heels of the gospel singer s recent announcement that he will be hosting his ‘Kasi Worship Concert’ at the Soweto Theatre in October.
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