The churchy feeling that Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia inspires is especially fitting, because that’s where Danielle Brooks first discovered the gospel great. The Juilliard grad, who is best known ...
Although strictly a gospel singer during her time, Mahalia Jackson set the tone for gospel music and paved the way— in some instances providing literal mentorship— for household names and modern-day ...
Troi Bechet has several things in common with Mahalia Jackson, the queen of gospel music. They both grew up in New Orleans and discovered great joy in singing gospel. Both added an “i” to their names ...
Not many people could set the stage for Martin Luther King's legendary "I Have a Dream" speech. Not many people other than Mahalia Jackson. Standing in the late afternoon heat on Aug. 28, 1963, the ...
In the middle of the 20th century, Mahalia Jackson fought racism and bigotry through the power of her sacred voice: A gift that allowed her to reign as the Queen of Gospel Music. Now, Robin Roberts ...
When this moving biopic opens, Mahalia Jackson – not yet a world-renowned gospel artist and champion of civil rights – is a little Louisiana girl singing along to the Victrola as neighbors gather ...
Growing up as the daughter of a deacon and a minister, church and gospel music has had a major influence on Danielle Brooks. After her breakout role in Orange is the New Black, Brooks combined her ...
The churchy feeling that Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia inspires is especially fitting, because that’s where Danielle Brooks first discovered the gospel great. The Juilliard grad, who is best known ...
DANIELLE BROOKS: Yeah, pretty much. This is something that I had been interested in since 2016, when I entered into The Color Purple, and two of my castmates had mentioned that they felt that my voice ...
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